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microcrith

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • An atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths.
  • 1872, Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.), Principles of Chemical Philosophy It will perhaps serve to give greater definiteness to our conceptions if , even at the risk of coining a new word , we call the unit of molecular weights a microcrith .

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History

Etymology

From micro- + crith.