A lightless, soundproof tank inside which a subject floats in salt water at skin temperature. They were originally used to test the effects of sensory deprivation and are now used for meditation and relaxation.

(basketball) A goal attempt that does not result from a direct pass.

(organic chemistry) Any branched-chain fatty acid

(organic chemistry) Any branched-chain form of an aliphatic aldehyde

A hemagglutinin that causes clumping of the red blood cells of animals of the same species, though not of the individual animal producing it.

(physics) Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties

plural of isomer bomb

(military, weaponry) a type of theoretical radiological nuclear weapon that relies on an induced rapid change in the state of nuclear isomers to generate an intense gamma ray flash.

(physics) Synonym of daughter nuclide

(organic chemistry) The isomer of alantolactone (3aR,4aS,8aR,9aR)-8a-methyl-3,5-dimethylidene-3a,4,4a,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran-2-one