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relative atomic mass

DEFINITIONS OF: relative atomic mass

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n (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units

Synonyms:
atomic mass, atomic weight
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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