Definition of atomic weight
Nouns
(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
- Synonyms:
- atomic mass, relative atomic mass
- Types:
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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
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meq, milliequivalent
one-thousandth of an equivalent
- Type of:
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mass
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
Vocabulary Lists for atomic weight
- accelerator
- advection
- Albert Einstein
- Antoine Lavoisier
- artifact