atomic weight

English

Noun

atomic weight (plural atomic weights)

1. (physics) Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass.
   • 1922, Leicester F. Hamilton, Calculations of Analytical Chemistry, page 38:

     The equivalent weight of an element or compound is that weight equivalent in reactive power to one atomic weight of hydrogen.

2. (physics) A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.

Translations

former terms for relative atomic mass

• Catalan: pes atòmic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子量 (zh) (yuánzǐliàng)

• Czech: atomová hmotnost, atomová váha f
• Danish: atomvægt c
• Finnish: atomipaino (fi)
• French: poids atomique m
• Georgian: ატომური წონა (aṭomuri c̣ona)
• German: Atomgewicht (de) n
• Irish: meáchan adamhach m
• Italian: peso atomico (it) m
• Kyrgyz: атомдук салмак (atomduk salmak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atomvekt m or f

  Nynorsk: atomvekt f

• Portuguese: peso atómico m, peso atômico m
• Romanian: masă atomică (ro), greutate atomică (ro) f
• Russian: атомный вес m (atomnyj ves)
• Slovak: atómová hmotnosť, atómová váha f
• Spanish: peso atómico (es) m
• Swedish: atomvikt (sv) c

term used to represent the mean atomic mass of an element in nature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子量 (zh) (yuánzǐliàng)

• Danish: atomvægt c
• Finnish: atomipaino (fi)
• French: poids atomique m, masse atomique (fr) f, masse atomique relative f
• Kyrgyz: атомдук салмак (atomduk salmak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atomvekt m or f

  Nynorsk: atomvekt f

• Polish: masa atomowa (pl) f
• Russian: атомная масса f (atomnaja massa)
• Spanish: peso atómico (es) m
• Swedish: atomvikt (sv) c
• Tagalog: mulpikning bigat

References

• Под редакцией проф., д-ра физ.-мат. наук Д. М. Толстого, editor (1968), Англо-русский физический словарь. Около 60 000 терминов. (in Russian), М.: "Сов. Энциклопедия", page 816
• Новиков В.Д. with Погребная Л.Л., Борщ В.М. (1995) Физический словарь (английский, немецкий, французский, русский): 10 943 термина (in Russian), М.: РУССО, →ISBN, page 34