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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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Mr. Wade conceived the idea of combining weight and protection in the cable itself.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice

Twitchell suggests 346 as the combining weight of rosin, but 330 is a closer approximation.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

The least combining weight of an element is its atomic weight; and it is this fact of a least combining weight that leads us to believe the atom to be indivisible.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

The atomic weight of an element is its least combining weight, the smallest portion that enters into chemical union, which is, of course, the weight of an atom.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

If any compound of O should in future be found in which its combining weight is 8 or 4, that would be called its atomic weight.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

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