combining weight

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noun

Chemistry.

1. the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.

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Example Sentences

For example, the combining weights of copper and zinc are nearly equal.

From Project Gutenberg

Dumas in 1851 undertook to show that such a series of similar elements could be formed, having nearly constant differences between their combining weights.

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His Liszt, combining weight with smoothness, was simply formidable.

From The Guardian

According to Lewkowitsch, the results obtained by the volumetric method which assumes a combining weight of 346 for resin acids, are very likely to be high.

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Even this value, thus determined, will be a variable amount, a proportionate figure, similar to the index which in the case of chemical elements gives their combining weights.

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