Function: noun
Date: 1878
: a chemical formula showing the simplest ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms in the molecule <CH 2 O is the empirical formula for glucose>
Function: noun
Date: 1878
: a chemical formula showing the simplest ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms in the molecule <CH 2 O is the empirical formula for glucose>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012