atomic weight

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Noun

atomic weight (plural atomic weights)

1. (physics) Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass.
   • 1922, Leicester F. Hamilton, Calculations of Analytical Chemistry, page 38:

     The equivalent weight of an element or compound is that weight equivalent in reactive power to one atomic weight of hydrogen.

2. (physics) 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.

Translations

former terms for relative atomic mass

Catalan: pes atòmic m Chinese: Mandarin: 原子量 (zh) (yuánzǐliàng) Czech: atomová hmotnost, atomová váha f Danish: atomvægt c Finnish: atomipaino (fi) French: poids atomique m Georgian: ატომური წონა (aṭomuri c̣ona) German: Atomgewicht (de) n Irish: meáchan adamhach m Italian: peso atomico (it) m Kyrgyz: атомдук салмак (atomduk salmak) Norwegian: Bokmål: atomvekt m or f Nynorsk: atomvekt f Portuguese: peso atómico m, peso atômico m Romanian: masă atomică (ro), greutate atomică (ro) f Russian: атомный вес m (atomnyj ves) Slovak: atómová hmotnosť, atómová váha f Spanish: peso atómico (es) m Swedish: atomvikt (sv) c

term used to represent the mean atomic mass of an element in nature

Chinese: Mandarin: 原子量 (zh) (yuánzǐliàng) Danish: atomvægt c Finnish: atomipaino (fi) French: poids atomique m, masse atomique (fr) f, masse atomique relative f Kyrgyz: атомдук салмак (atomduk salmak) Norwegian: Bokmål: atomvekt m or f Nynorsk: atomvekt f Polish: masa atomowa (pl) f Russian: атомная масса f (atomnaja massa) Spanish: peso atómico (es) m Swedish: atomvikt (sv) c Tagalog: mulpikning bigat

References

• Под редакцией проф., д-ра физ.-мат. наук Д. М. Толстого, editor (1968), Англо-русский физический словарь. Около 60 000 терминов. (in Russian), М.: "Сов. Энциклопедия", page 816
• Новиков В.Д. with Погребная Л.Л., Борщ В.М. (1995), Физический словарь (английский, немецкий, французский, русский): 10 943 термина (in Russian), М.: РУССО, →ISBN, page 34