Avogadro's number

proper noun

The number of elementary entities (atoms or molecules) comprising one mole of a given substance, being precisely 6.02214076 × 10²³. Formerly defined as the number of atoms present in 12 grams of isotopically pure carbon-12.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. physicalchemistryThe number of elementary entities (atoms or molecules) comprising one mole of a given substance, being precisely 6.02214076 × 10²³. Formerly defined as the number of atoms present in 12 grams of isotopically pure carbon-12.

    Synonyms: Avogadro constant, Avogadro's constant

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe number of elementary entities (atoms or molecules) comprising one mole of a given substance, being precisely 6.02214076 × 10²³. Formerly defined as the number of atoms present in 12 grams of isotopically pure carbon-12.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately 602,250,000,000,000,000,000,000)

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Avogadro number
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Origin

Named after Italian physicist Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856).

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Translations

Arabic ثَابِت أَفُوجَادْرُو
  • ثَابِت أَفُوجَادْرُو (ṯābit ʔafūjādrū)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Basque Avogadroren zenbakia, Avogadroren konstantea
  • Avogadroren zenbakianumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadroren konstanteanumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Bengali আভোগাদ্রো সংখ্যা
  • আভোগাদ্রো সংখ্যা (abhōgadrō śoṅkha)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Bulgarian Авога́дрово число́
  • Авога́дрово число́ (Avogádrovo čisló)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Catalan nombre d'Avogadro, constant d'Avogadro
  • nombre d'Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • constant d'Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Chinese Cantonese 阿伏加德羅常數 /阿伏加德罗常数
  • 阿伏加德羅常數 /阿伏加德罗常数 (aa³ buk⁶ gaa¹ dak¹ lo⁴ soeng⁴ sou³)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Chinese Mandarin 阿伏伽德羅數 /阿伏伽德罗数, 阿伏伽德羅常量 /阿伏伽德罗常量
  • 阿伏伽德羅數 /阿伏伽德罗数 (Āfúgādéluó shù)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • 阿伏伽德羅常量 /阿伏伽德罗常量 (Āfúgādéluó chángliàng)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Czech Avogadrova konstanta, Avogadrovo číslo
  • Avogadrova konstantanumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadrovo číslonumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Danish Avagadros tal, Avogadros konstant
  • Avagadros talnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadros konstantnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Dutch constante van Avogadro, getal van Avogadro
  • constante van Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • getal van Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Esperanto konstanto de Avogadro
  • konstanto de Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Estonian Avogadro arv
  • Avogadro arvnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Finnish Avogadron luku, Avogadron vakio
  • Avogadron lukunumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadron vakionumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
French nombre d'Avogadro, constante d'Avogadro
  • nombre d'Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • constante d'Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
German Avogadro-Konstante
  • Avogadro-Konstantenumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Greek αριθμός Αβογκάντρο
  • αριθμός Αβογκάντρο (arithmós Avogkántro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Hebrew מִסְפָּר אַבוֹגַדרוֹ
  • מִסְפָּר אַבוֹגַדרוֹ (mispár Avogádro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Hindi आवोगाद्रो नियतांक
  • आवोगाद्रो नियतांक (āvogādro niytāṅk)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Hungarian Avogadro-szám, Avogadro-állandó
  • Avogadro-számnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadro-állandónumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Icelandic Avogadrosartala
  • Avogadrosartalanumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Indonesian bilangan Avogadro
  • bilangan Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Irish tairiseach Avogadro
  • tairiseach Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Italian numero di Avogadro, costante di Avogadro
  • numero di Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • costante di Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Japanese アボガドロ数, アボガドロ定数
  • アボガドロ数 (Abogadoro sū)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • アボガドロ定数 (Abogadoro teisū)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Korean 아보가드로 수
  • 아보가드로 수 (Abogadeuro su)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Latvian Avogadro skaitlis
  • Avogadro skaitlisnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Lithuanian Avogadro skaičius, Avogadro konstanta
  • Avogadro skaičiusnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadro konstantanumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Norwegian Bokmål Avogadros tall, Avogadros konstant
  • Avogadros tallnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadros konstantnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Persian عدد آووگادرو, ثابت آووگادرو
  • عدد آووگادرو ('adad-e avogâdro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • ثابت آووگادرو (sâbet-e avogâdro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Polish stała Avogadra
  • stała Avogadranumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Portuguese número de Avogadro, constante de Avogadro
  • número de Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • constante de Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Punjabi ਐਵੋਗਾਡਰੋ ਨੰਬਰ
  • ਐਵੋਗਾਡਰੋ ਨੰਬਰ (aivogāḍro nambar)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Romanian numărul lui Avogadro, constanta lui Avogadro
  • numărul lui Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • constanta lui Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Russian число́ Авога́дро, конста́нта Авога́дро
  • число́ Авога́дро (čisló Avogádro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • конста́нта Авога́дро (konstánta Avogádro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • постоя́нная Авога́дро (postojánnaja Avogádro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Slovak Avogadrova konštanta
  • Avogadrova konštantanumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Spanish número de Avogadro, constante de Avogadro
  • número de Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • constante de Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Swedish Avogadros tal, Avogadros konstant
  • Avogadros talnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • Avogadros konstantnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Tagalog Abogadrong bilang
  • Abogadrong bilangnumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Tamil அவகாதரோ மாறிலி, அவகாதரோ எண்
  • அவகாதரோ மாறிலி (avakātarō māṟili)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • அவகாதரோ எண் (avakātarō eṇ)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • அவோகாட்ரோ மாறிலி (avōkāṭrō māṟili)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • அவோகாட்ரோ எண் (avōkāṭrō eṇ)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Thai เลขอาโวกาโดร, ค่าคงตัวอาโวกาโดร
  • เลขอาโวกาโดร (lêek aa-woo-gaa-droo)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • ค่าคงตัวอาโวกาโดร (kâa-kong-dtuua aa-woo-gaa-droo)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Turkish Avogadro sayısı
  • Avogadro sayısınumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Ukrainian число́ Авога́дро, число́ Авоґа́дро
  • число́ Авога́дро (čysló Avohádro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • число́ Авоґа́дро (čysló Avogádro)number of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Vietnamese hằng số A-vô-ga-đrô, số A-vô-ga-đrô
  • hằng số A-vô-ga-đrônumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • số A-vô-ga-đrônumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
Welsh cysonyn Avogadro, rhif Avogadro
  • cysonyn Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
  • rhif Avogadronumber of atoms or molecules in 1 mole of some substance
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