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molecular weight

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. molecular weight (noun)
  2. gram molecular weight (noun)

molecular weight

noun

Definition of MOLECULAR WEIGHT

: the average mass of a molecule of a compound compared to 1⁄12 the mass of carbon 12 and calculated as the sum of the atomic weights of the constituent atoms
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1869

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