molality

[ moh-lal-i-tee ]

noun,plural mo·lal·i·ties.Chemistry.
  1. the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.

Origin of molality

1
First recorded in 1920–25; molal + -ity

Words Nearby molality

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British Dictionary definitions for molality

molality

/ (mɒˈlælɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. (not in technical usage) a measure of concentration equal to the number of moles of solute in a thousand grams of solvent

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