stoichiometry

1. 1.

   (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)

   Broaderratio

   chemistry

Other forms of stoichiometry

plural

stoichiometries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stoichiometry

What does stoichiometry mean?

stoichiometry means "(chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)".

How many syllables are in stoichiometry?

stoichiometry has 5 syllables: sto-i-chio-me-try. The stress falls on "chio".

Is stoichiometry a common word?

stoichiometry 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.