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Equivalent weight

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Noun
  1. 1
    The atomic weight of an element or radical divided by its valence; the molecular weight of a compound divided by its combining power in a specific reaction.

    "In the proportion d : p :: 1 : v, as applied to any liquid or solid species, p does not represent its real equivalent weight, but the weight of the normal species which, by its condensation, gives rise to the liquid or solid."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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