combining weight

1. 1.

   the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

   Synonymsequivalentequivalent weighteq

   Broaderatomic mass

Questions about combining weight

What does combining weight mean?

combining weight means "the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen".

What is another word for combining weight?

Close synonyms include equivalent, equivalent weight, eq. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combining weight a common word?

combining weight is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.