combining weight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: combining weight	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for combining weight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
combining weight n 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 Synonym(s): equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Combine \Com*bine"\, v. i. 1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate. You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to design --Dryden. So sweet did harp and voice combine. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third. 3. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. {Combining weight} (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of, the atomic weight. See {Atomic weight}, under {Atomic}, a.