samsæta
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Composed samur (“same”) + -sæta (“one who sits, is located”), the latter part perhaps in this case newly derived from sæti (“seat, position, place”). Calque of English isotope, which is created from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal, same”) and τόπος (tópos, “place”), because the different isotopes of a chemical element occupy the same position in the periodic table of elements.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
samsæta f (genitive singular samsætu, nominative plural samsætur)
Synonyms edit
- (isotope): ísótópur
- (allele): genasamsæta
Derived terms edit
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