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A⋅vo⋅ga⋅dro

[ah-vuh-gah-droh; It. ah-vaw-gah-draw]
–noun
Count A⋅ma⋅de⋅o [ah-mah-de-aw] , 1776–1856, Italian physicist and chemist.
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A·vo·ga·dro   (ä'və-gä'drō, ä'vō-)   
Italian chemist and physicist who advanced the hypothesis that has come to be called Avogadro's law. From this hypothesis other physicists were able to calculate Avogadro's number.
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