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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The average mass of an atom of an element, usually expressed relative to the mass of carbon 12, which is assigned 12 atomic mass units.

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  • noun Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass.
  • noun A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.

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  • noun (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units

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