binding energy
noun
: the energy required to break up a molecule, atom, or atomic nucleus completely into its constituent particles
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The researchers also confirmed that the goldene has a higher binding energy than regular gold; this should help expand its ability to catalyze or jump-start chemical reactions.
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Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 12 June 2024
For the Earth, our binding energy is somewhere around 2.5x1032 Joules.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2023
The weak binding energy means that these bodies must have formed in their current orientation, rather than originating elsewhere and later becoming a pair, which points to a starlike-formation mechanism.
—Katelyn Allers, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
When a star collapses into an ultradense object like a pulsar or black hole, some of its matter turns into what’s called gravitational binding energy.
—Gabriel Popkin, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2015
That suggests each pentaquark is just a baryon bound to a meson, with a tiny bit of mass taken up in binding energy.
—Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2019
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Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 12 June 2024
For the Earth, our binding energy is somewhere around 2.5x1032 Joules.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2023
The weak binding energy means that these bodies must have formed in their current orientation, rather than originating elsewhere and later becoming a pair, which points to a starlike-formation mechanism.
—Katelyn Allers, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
When a star collapses into an ultradense object like a pulsar or black hole, some of its matter turns into what’s called gravitational binding energy.
—Gabriel Popkin, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2015
That suggests each pentaquark is just a baryon bound to a meson, with a tiny bit of mass taken up in binding energy.
—Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2019
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“Binding energy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binding%20energy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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