The term "mass defect" stands for
A) the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its protons and neutrons.
B) the difference between the mass of the protons and the neutrons in a nucleus and the mass of the nucleus.
C) the difference between the mass of the atom and the mass of the nucleus.
D) the difference between the mass of the most abundant nuclide and the least abundant nuclide.
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