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dalton

noun — 2 senses

dalton

nounalso spelled Dalton

UK /ˈdɒltən/ · US /ˈdɔltən/

Etymology Named after the chemist John Dalton.

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics the atomic mass unit

Derived terms
kilodalton, megadalton, gigadalton

Dalton

noun

Etymology From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town.

1

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16 the mass of an oxygen atom; now replaced by the atomic mass unit (or dalton)

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for dalton and Dalton.