isotopic
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- adjective
- /ˌaɪsəˈtoʊpɪk/
- Specialized
- Measuring the isotopic ratios in ancient rocks can reveal valuable information about their formation.
- isotopic signature
- isotopic enrichment
- isotopic analysis
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- Quite a different isotopic mix, but here's what the weaponeers tell you if you're talking about a nation state.
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And when scientists analyzed the moon rocks, they found the same isotopic abundances as in Earth rocks.
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In the laboratory, large, cryogenically cooled devices can sensitively identify the isotopic signatures of various emissions.
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We basically also show the isotopic changes.
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In any case, they should have isotopic signatures that are unique to wherever they came from.
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Now suppose we change the isotopic mixture and record the spectrum again.
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Another important clue comes from studies of the isotopic makeup.
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Some vegetables purchased for dinner registered unusual isotopic particles.
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Moreover, the isotopic signal did not support evidence of substantial variation in diet composition over the last decades.
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The burial of organic matter is tracked by the positive or heavy isotopic composition of carbon in the ocean.
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Other kinds of data, such as biochemical or isotopic measurements, can be used to better understand bacterial functioning.
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Etymology
Isotopic comes from Greek parts iso- meaning 'equal' and -topos meaning 'place', because chemists called atoms that sit in the 'same place' in the element list isotopes even though they weigh differently. So isotopic means 'relating to isotopes', which is why scientists use isotopic analysis to study different forms of the same element.