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mole [ mōl ] (plural moles)


noun 
Definition:
 
International System unit of substance amount: the basic International System unit of amount of a substance equal to the amount containing the same number of elementary units as the number of atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12.
Symbol  mol


[Early 20th century. < German Mol, shortening of Molekul "molecule"]
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