"molality" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-molality.wav [US] Forms: molalities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English molal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English molality From molal + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|molal|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English molal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English molality [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "molality", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="molality"> From molal + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} molality (countable and uncountable, plural molalities)
  1. (chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: molal concentration Derived forms: osmolality Related terms: molarity, normality Translations (concentration of a substance in solution): molaliteit (Afrikaans), molaliteit [feminine] (Dutch), molaalisuus (Finnish), molalità [feminine] (Italian), molalność [feminine] (Polish), molalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), molalitet [common-gender] (Swedish), kamolhan (Tagalog)

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