mole


3mole

noun

Definition of MOLE

: the base unit in the International System of Units for the amount of pure substance that contains the same number of elementary entities as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams of the isotope carbon 12 <a mole of photons> <a mole of sodium chloride>

Variants of MOLE

mole also mol \ˈmōl\

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