atomic mass

English

Noun

atomic mass (countable and uncountable, plural atomic masses)

1. The mass of an atom.
2. (proscribed) atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element.

Usage notes

Atomic mass may be measured in absolute terms, or, commonly, as a sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

Derived terms

• A
• AMU
• atomic mass number
• atomic mass unit
• average atomic mass
• mass number
• relative atomic mass
• unified atomic mass unit

 

Related terms

• atom
• atomic
• atomic number
• atomic weight
• mass

 

Translations

mass of an atom

• Catalan: massa atòmica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子質量／原子质量 (zh) (yuánzǐ zhìliàng), 原子量 (zh) (yuánzǐliàng)

• Danish: atommasse c
• Dutch: atoommassa (nl)
• Esperanto: atomomaso
• Finnish: atomimassa (fi)
• French: masse atomique (fr) f
• German: Atommasse (de) f
• Hungarian: atomtömeg (hu)
• Irish: mais adamhach f
• Japanese: 原子量 (ja) (げんしりょう, genshiryō)
• Korean: 원자 질량 (wonja jillyang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: giraniya atomê (ku) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atommasse m

  Nynorsk: atommasse m

• Portuguese: massa atómica f (Portugal), massa atômica (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: masă atomică (ro) f
• Russian: а́томная ма́сса f (átomnaja mássa)
• Spanish: masa atómica f
• Swahili: uzani atomia
• Swedish: atommassa (sv) c
• Tagalog: mulpikning bugat
• Thai: มวลอะตอม
• Turkish: bağıl atom kütlesi
• Ukrainian: а́томна ма́са f (átomna mása)
• Vietnamese: nguyên tử khối

See also

• mass number