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

  • adjective Relating to or designating the molality of a solution.
  • adjective Of or designating a solution that contains one mole of solute in 1 kilogram of solvent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, or pertaining to, that amount of an element or compound which is equal to its molecular weight taken in grams.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Being at a concentration with the designated number of moles (of solute) per 1000 grams of solvent. Compare molar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry Of or designating a solution that contains one mole of solute per 1000g of solvent

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent

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