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isotopically

isotopically

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In a way that uses different forms of the same element
  • adverb
  • /ˌaɪsəˈtoʊpɪkli/
  • Specialized
: isotópicamente
  • For example, the number of isotopically labeled molecules is continuing to grow, and their prices are decreasing.
  • isotopically labeled
  • isotopically labeled tracers

Examples

  • In this situation, the hypothetical animal has been fed a bolus of isotopically labeled tracer.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I am quite familiar with two-photon processes, the presence of small dipole moments in isotopically mixed diatomics (such as 14N-15N), and the potential effect of transitory complex formation (such as Ar/N2).

    Blog text (18)
  • Notice that they're all negative, though, which means that all these ice samples are isotopically lighter than the ocean.

  • Here I review the conceptual framework for using isotopically labeled tracers.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But an Lftr using isotopically denatured U233 can be deployed anywhere in the third world.

    Blog text (32)
  • This has been confirmed in adults by bone histomorphometry (n9) and by the close relation between cross-link output and bone turnover measured isotopically.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We added stable isotopically labeled analogs of the compounds of interest to 3 g of blood and 5 mL of water and sealed each sample in a 10-mL headspace vial.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Isotopically labeled amino acids provide a fast, accurate method to identify dietary requirements for essential amino acids (Zello et al. 1995), and over recent years they have been used in multiple species.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It may have been caused by a catastrophic methane release (indicated by isotopically light carbon in the sediment record), but it certainly wasn't coming from dinosaurs.

    Blog text (14)
  • The samples were analyzed to determine how they were altered isotopically over time.

Surface Forms

isotopically positive

Morphology

isotopically = isotopic (transparent) = isotope + ic + ally

Formed by standard adjective and adverb suffixation: isotope -> isotopic -> isotopically; the adverbial meaning is directly derived from 'isotope'.

Etymology

The word isotopically comes from isotope, which is made of iso- 'equal' and topos 'place'. Isotopes are types of the same element that sit in the 'same place' but have different weight, so isotopically means 'in a way that uses or studies those different atoms'.