Avogadro's number
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Avogadro's number
n.
The number of items in a mole, approximately 6.0221 × 1023. Also called Avogadro constant.
[After Amedeo Avogadro.]
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A′voga′dro's num′ber
n.
the constant, 6.02 x 1023, representing the number of atoms in a gram atom or the number of molecules in a gram molecule. Symbol: N Also called A′voga′dro con`stant.
[1925–30; after A. Avogadro]
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Avogadro's number
The number of atoms or molecules in a mole of a substance, approximately 6.0225 × 1023. See more at mole3.
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Noun | 1. | Avogadro's number - the number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately 602,250,000,000,000,000,000,000) constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant" |
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