Mol Moderate

Mol has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

"The chemist calculated that exactly one mole of water has a mass equal to its molecular weight in grams."

gram molecule mole mol

Alternative spelling of mole

"The scientist noted that the alternative spelling mol was sometimes used in older chemistry texts to represent a mole."

In plain English: A mol is a standard unit used to measure how many particles are present in a specific amount of substance.

"The chemist carefully measured out exactly two moles of salt to mix into her solution."

Example Sentences

"The chemist carefully measured out exactly two moles of salt to mix into her solution." noun

"The mol on my tongue made me realize I had bit into something sour." noun

"He tried to measure the mol of the liquid but ended up spilling it everywhere." noun

"During the game, the referee called a timeout due to an unusual mol in the crowd." noun

Origin

The word mol was borrowed into English in 1897 directly from the German term of the same spelling. It entered usage to refer to a specific type of chemical reaction without changing its original meaning.

Rhyming Words

amol smol osmol bemol tomol haemol wadmol bromol formol thymol nanomol sesamol dolomol picomol blesmol komsomol muscimol anthemol khusimol mopidamol

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