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combining weight vs atomic weight

atomic weight vs combining weight

combining weight and atomic weight both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
combining weight Yes No No No
atomic weight Yes No No No
As nouns, atomic weight is a hypernym of combining weight; that is, atomic weight is a word with a broader meaning than combining weight:
  • combining weight: the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
  • atomic weight: (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
Other hypernyms of combining weight include atomic mass, relative atomic mass.
combining weight (noun) atomic weight (noun)
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
Difference between combining weight and atomic weight

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