Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One trillionth (10−12) of a mole.
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- noun chemistry, physics A unit of substance equal to one
trillionth (10-12) of amole
Etymologies
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pico- + mole
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Examples
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Often the mass of a protein can be obtained from picomole quantities that are isolated from an SDS-PAGE gel.
Sandwalk 2009
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Victor J. Pop, MD, of the University of Tilburg, and colleagues found that every 1 picomole per liter increase in FT4 lowered the risk of abnormal fetal head position by 13% (OR 0.87,
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