moles
noun/moʊlz/
Frequency rank: #12,149 most common English word
Meaning
units used in chemistry to measure the quantity of a substance, equal to approximately 6.022 × 10²³ particles each.
Example sentence
The scientist used moles to measure the amount of substance in the chemical reaction.
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