Dalton Definition

dôlt'n
noun

Atomic mass unit.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • john dalton
pronoun

Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland.

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A habitational surname​.

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John Dalton, English chemist.

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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Other Word Forms of Dalton

Noun

Singular:
dalton
Plural:
daltons

Origin of Dalton

  • Old English dæl “valley” + tun “settlement”.

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Dalton Sentence Examples

  • On the 10th of June 1875 he died in Dalton, Georgia, a city which in 1848 he had helped to found.

  • Dalton believed that the molecules of the elementary gases consisted each of one atom; his diagram for hydrogen gas makes the point clear.

  • The "symbols" for the elements used by Dalton, apparently suggested by those of the alchemists, have been rejected in favour of those which were introduced by Berzelius.

  • Following Newton, he believed a gas to be made up of particles or atoms, From Dalton's Hydrogen Gas.

  • He drew simple diagrams, three of which, taken from Dalton's New System of Chemical Philosophy, part ii.

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Words Starting With

DDADAL

Words Ending With

NONTON

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With N