mol

MOL   abbr.  Manned Orbital Laboratory

mole 5   (mōl)    n.   Abbr. mol 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. 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.]

Main Entry: mol
Function: abbreviation
molecular; molecule

Main Entry: ³mole
Variant: also mol /'mOl/
Function: noun
: the base unit in the International System of Units for the amount ofpure substance that contains the same number of elementary entities as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams of the isotope carbon 12 mole of photons> mole of sodiumchloride>

mole ³ or mol (mōl)
n.

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.