Mi`cro*crith" (?), n. [Micro- + crith.] Chem.

The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See Crith.

J. P. Cooke.

 

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