noun
- plural of dalton; units of atomic mass equal to one-twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom
Usage: scientific; chemistry; physics
Examples
- The protein has a molecular weight of 50,000 daltons.
- Scientists measured the mass in daltons using a spectrometer.
- The enzyme weighs approximately 25,000 daltons.
- Molecular weights are often expressed in kilodaltons.
- The antibody fragment was only 15,000 daltons.
- Large proteins can exceed 100,000 daltons in mass.