atomic mass unit

English

Noun

atomic mass unit (plural atomic mass units)

1. (physical chemistry) A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of ¹²C (carbon-12, an isotope of carbon).

Synonyms

• dalton
• unified atomic mass unit

Translations

a unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of the 12C isotope of carbon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子質量單位／原子质量单位 (zh) (yuánzǐ zhìliàng dānwèi)

• Finnish: atomimassayksikkö (fi)
• Hungarian: atomi tömegegység
• Indonesian: satuan massa atom
• Irish: aonad maise adamhaí m
• Malay: unit jisim atom
• Portuguese: unidade de massa atômica (pt) f, u.m.a. f (abbreviation)
• Tagalog: isahin ng mulpikning bugat