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gram-molecular weight

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gram-mo·lec·u·lar weight   (grām'mə-lěk'yə-lər)
n.   Abbr. GMW
See mole5.
mole 5   (mōl)   
n.   Abbr. mol
  1. The amount of a substance that contains as many atoms, molecules, ions, or other elementary units as the number of atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12. The number is 6.0225 × 1023, or Avogadro's number. Also called gram molecule.

  2. The mass in grams of this amount of a substance, numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance. Also called gram-molecular weight. See Table at measurement.


[German Mol, short for Molekulargewicht, molecular weight, from molekular, molecular, from French moléculaire, from molécule, molecule; see molecule.]
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gram-molecular weight n.
See mole.

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