Dalton, John Dalton
(noun) English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
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Dalton
Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland
A city, the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, United States.
A habitational surname.
John Dalton, English chemist.
A male given name from surnames.
Dalton (plural Daltons)
(chemistry) 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)
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dalton is the 654th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 52,184 individuals. Dalton is most common among White (86.84%) individuals.
• Toland
Named after the chemist John Dalton.
dalton (plural daltons)
(physics) the atomic mass unit
• Toland
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24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
