Avo
a money of account of macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
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- Avocation
something a person does in addition to a princ-p-l occupation, especially for pleasure; hobby: our doctor’s avocation is painting. a person’s regular occupation, calling, or vocation. archaic. diversion or distraction. contemporary examples he stammered, and read and wrote a lot of poetry (mostly in secret), an avocation he changed to photography for the novel. colm […]
- Avocet
any of several long-legged, web-footed sh-r-birds const-tuting the genus recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill. historical examples steering a careful course in a sea ‘foul with floating mines,’ the cork steamship avocet was attacked by three aeroplanes. merchantmen-at-arms david w. bone witness the experience of the avocet on her voyage from rotterdam. the fleets […]
- Avodire
the hard, light-colored wood of a west african tree, turraeanthus africana, of the mahogany family, used for making furniture.
- Avogadro's number
the constant, 6.022 × 10 23 , representing the number of atoms, molecules, or ions in one mole of a substance. symbol: n. compare gram-atom, gram molecule. avogadro’s number n. the number of molecules in a mole of a substance, approximately 6.0225 × 1023. also called avogadro’s constant. avogadro’s number the number of atoms or […]
- Avogadro's law
the principle that equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules. thus, the molar volume of all ideal gases at 0° c and a pressure of 1 atm. is 22.4 liters. noun the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules […]