Dalton

Dalton

It is a unit of mass, as the mass of a hydrogen atom measured in grams. It is reciprocal of Avagadro's number.

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dalton

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

(symbol: Da) A unit of atomic mass roughly equivalent to the mass of a hydrogen atom. 1.67 × 10 -24 g. Named after the famous nineteenth-century chemist, John Dalton ...

daltonism

Language; Dictionaries

Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity.

daltonism

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Color-blindness. See Dalton, John.

dalton

Science; Basic science

It is a unit of mass, as the mass of a hydrogen atom measured in grams. It is reciprocal of Avagadro's number.

Dalton's Law

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fahrenheit

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This is Fahrenheit scale of temperature, in which the freezing point of water is set at 32 degrees and the boiling point of water is set at 212 degrees.

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The soft,sponge like material that fills the center of the bones of mammals. Most blood cells form in the bone marrow.

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