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Au

Au Meaning & Definition
Au Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Au?

[n] a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[n] a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

Synonyms | Synonyms for Au: Astronomical Unit | atomic number 79 | gold

Related Terms | Find terms related to Au:

See Also | astronomy unit | dental gold | gold dust | gold foil | gold leaf | graphic tellurium | green gold | guinea gold | noble metal | sylvanite

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