empirical formula

English

Noun

empirical formula (plural empirical formulas or empirical formulae)

1. (chemistry) A notation indicating the ratios of the various elements present in a compound, without regard to the actual numbers.

   The molecular formula for ethane is C₂H₆, while the empirical formula is CH₃.

Translations

a notation indicating the ratios of the various elements present in a compound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 實驗式／实验式 (zh) (shíyànshì), 实验式 (zh) (shíyànshì), 最簡式／最简式 (zuìjiǎnshì), 最简式 (zuìjiǎnshì)

• Czech: empirický vzorec m
• Danish: empirisk formel c
• Finnish: suhdekaava
• German: Verhältnisformel f
• Hungarian: tapasztalati képlet (hu)
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• Japanese: 実験式 (じっけんしき, jikkenshiki)
• Korean: 실험식(實驗式) (silheomsik)
• Romanian: formulă empirică (ro) f
• Russian: эмпирическая формула f (empiričeskaja formula)
• Swedish: empirisk formel (sv) c
• Tagalog: masiring sanyo
• Tamil: செயலறிவு வாய்ப்பாடு (ceyalaṟivu vāyppāṭu)

See also

• molecular formula