name
Meaning 1
A habitational surname from Old English.
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Standard Lemma guide
Dalton
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UK: /ˈdɒltən/
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UK: /ˈdɔːltən/
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US: /ˈdɔltən/
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name
Meaning 2
A habitational surname from Old English.
John Dalton, English chemist.
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Meaning 3
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Meaning 4
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A hamlet in Burton-in-Kendal parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5476).
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Meaning 5
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A hamlet and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, north of Skelmersdale (OS grid ref SD4908).
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Meaning 6
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A hamlet in Hexhamshire parish, south of Hexham, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9158).
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Meaning 7
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A hamlet in Stamfordham parish, west of Ponteland, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1172)
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Meaning 8
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4376).
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Meaning 9
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1108).
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Meaning 10
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4594).
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Meaning 11
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1617).
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Meaning 12
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A hamlet in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1174).
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Meaning 13
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
A hamlet near Flemington, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6658).
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Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia.
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Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
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Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
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Meaning 17
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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Meaning 18
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Muskegon County, Michigan.
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Meaning 19
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
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Meaning 20
A number of places in the United States:
A small village in Chariton County, Missouri.
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Meaning 21
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
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Meaning 22
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
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Meaning 23
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in Nunda and Portage, Livingston County, New York.
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Meaning 24
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina.
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Meaning 25
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Wayne County, Ohio.
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Meaning 26
A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 27
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Kingston, Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 28
An abandoned village in Unorganized North Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; some buildings are used as summer cottages.
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Meaning 29
A township within Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.
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Meaning 30
A village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Meaning 31
A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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Meaning 32
A settlement (moshav) in northern Israel.
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Meaning 33
Ellipsis of Dalton Highway.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 34
a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16 the mass of an oxygen atom; now replaced by the atomic mass unit (or dalton)
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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 35
the atomic mass unit
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noun
Meaning 36
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
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Synonyms: John Dalton
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Broader terms: chemist, physicist
History
Etymology
From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town.
Named after the chemist John Dalton.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: dalton — atomic mass unit
- Greek: ντάλτον (ntálton) — atomic mass unit
- Hungarian: dalton — atomic mass unit
- Polish: dalton — atomic mass unit
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