Definition of Dalton
n.
1.
John
Dalton
,
scientist
,
born
1766
,
died
1844
.
1.
a
unit
of
mass
,
approximately
1
.
66
x
10
-24
grams
; -
it
is
approximately
equal
to
the
mass
of
one
hydrogen
atom
,
but
the
exact
value
differs
slightly
as
used
in
physics
and
chemistry
.
It
is
used
mostly
to
describe
the
size
of
proteins
and
nucleic
acids
in
biochemistry
.
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,
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,
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