Avogadro

[ah-vuh-gah-droh; Italian ah-vaw-gah-draw]

noun

Count A·ma·de·o

[ah-mah-de-aw] /ˌɑ mɑˈdɛ ɔ/, 1776–1856, Italian physicist and chemist.

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This number, by the way, is known to science as "Avogadro's Constant."
Marvels of Scientific Invention
Thomas W. Corbin
In 1843 Charles Gerhardt proposed to use the law of Avogadro as a basis for the determination of atomic weights.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1900
Various
Of the laws and hypotheses concerning gases, the one that is perhaps of most importance to chemistry is Avogadro's hypothesis.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.
Julius Stieglitz
In 1811 Avogadro distinguished between the ultimate particles of compounds and elements.
Heroes of Science
M. M. Pattison Muir
Avogadro's hypothesis gave the chemist a definition of "molecule;" it also gave him a definition of "atom."
Heroes of Science
M. M. Pattison Muir

British Dictionary definitions for avogadro

Avogadro

noun

Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo), Conte di Quaregna. 1776–1856, Italian physicist, noted for his work on gases

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avogadro in Science

Avogadro

[ä′və-gä′drō]Amedeo 1776-1856

Italian chemist and physicist who formulated the hypothesis known as Avogadro's law in 1811.