COMBINING WEIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combining weight mean? 

• COMBINING WEIGHT (noun)
  The noun COMBINING WEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

  Familiarity information: COMBINING WEIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBINING WEIGHT (noun)

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Meaning:

The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Synonyms:

combining weight; eq; equivalent; equivalent weight

Hypernyms ("combining weight" is a kind of...):

atomic mass; atomic weight; relative atomic mass ((chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units)