Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun binding_energy

1 sense of binding energy

Sense 1
binding energy, separation energy -- (the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect)
       => energy, free energy -- ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a wide variety of forms")