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atomic mass
DEFINITIONS OF:
atomic mass
1
n
(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
Synonyms:
atomic weight
,
relative atomic mass
Types:
combining weight
,
eq
,
equivalent
,
equivalent weight
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
meq
,
milliequivalent
one-thousandth of an equivalent
Type of:
mass
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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