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mass (mas)
1. a lump or collection of cohering particles. 2. a cohesive mixture to be made into pills. 3. the characteristic of matter that gives it inertia. Symbol m. atomic mass atomic weight; used particularly when describing a single isotope of a nuclide. inner cell mass embryoblast. lean body mass that part of the body including all its components except neutral storage lipid; in essence, the fat-free mass of the body. molar mass (M ) the mass of a molecule in grams (or kilograms) per mole. molecular mass the mass of a molecule in daltons, derived by addition of the component atomic masses. Its dimensionless equivalent is molecular weight. relative molecular mass technically preferable term for molecular weight. Symbol M r.
atomic mass (A), the average mass, relative to an atom of carbon, of an atom of an element based on the natural isotopic mix of that element. Also called atomic weight. See also atomic mass unit. mass [mas] 1. a lump or collection of cohering particles. 2. that characteristic of matter that gives it inertia. Symbol m. atomic mass atomic weight; see also atomic mass unit. inner cell mass an internal cluster of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst which develops into the body of the embryo. lean body mass that part of the body including all its components except neutral storage lipid; in essence, the fat-free mass of the body. relative molecular mass technically preferable term for molecular weight. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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