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Definition of Atomic weight
1. Noun. (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units.
Generic synonyms: Mass
Specialized synonyms: Combining Weight, Eq, Equivalent, Equivalent Weight, Meq, Milliequivalent
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Definition of Atomic weight
1. Noun. Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass. ¹
2. Noun. A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Atomic weight
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atomic Weight
Literary usage of Atomic weight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"On the atomic weight of ... in 1798, its atomic weight has been a disputed matter
amongst chemists. ... and the atomic weight 13'7 (0 = 16). ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"A REVISION OF THE atomic weight OF PHOSPHORUS. [SECOND PAPER.] THE ANALYSIS OF
PHOSPHORUS TRIBROMIDE. BY GREGORY PAUL BAXTER. CHARLES JAMES MOORE AMD ARTHUR ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"Each of these samples gave a different atomic weight for the lead obtained ...
As a matter of fact, it gave 206.08 for the atomic weight in question—the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"After noticing and giving the results of the earlier determinations of the atomic
weight of gold, and the recent researches of Kriiss and of Thorpe and ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"If we divide the molecular weight of a compound into the atomic weight of the
atoms of ... Every element has its own atomic weight, and the invariability of ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"The atomic weight of rhodium has been rede- termined by Prof. ... Hydrogen,
although its small atomic weight makes it the most convenient unit, ..."
7. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"One point only we shall here mention, namely, the relationship which exists
between atomic weight and atomic volume. By this last property we understand the ..."