n.
See atomic mass unit.
[After John DALTON.]
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American Heritage Dictionary:
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Oxford Dictionary of Units & Measures:
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[Etymology: J. Dalton; UK 1766-1844] mass. Symbol D. Identically the atomic mass unit, used mainly for biochemical molecular weights, expressed typically in kilodaltons. See also mole.
Columbia Encyclopedia:
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Dalton, city (1990 pop. 21,761), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly industrialized city in a farm area. Its large tufted-textile industry was begun in the late 1800s and still remains important; the city is the center of the U.S. carpet industry. In the Civil War, Dalton (Confederate headquarters after the Chattanooga campaign) fell to Gen. Sherman in the Atlanta campaign (1864). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is nearby, as is a state park.
Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names:
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A common place-name especially in the northern counties, ‘farmstead or village in a valley’, from OE dæl + tūn; examples include: Dalton Dumfries and Galloway Delton (c.1280). Dalton Lancashire Daltone (1086) (DB). Dalton Northumberland, near Hexham. Dalton (1256). Dalton Northumberland, near Stamfordham. Dalton (1201). Dalton N. City & County of Yorks., near Richmond. Daltun (1086) (DB). Dalton N. City & County of Yorks., near Thirsk. Deltune (1086) (DB). Dalton Rotherham Daltone (1086) (DB). Dalton in Furness Cumbria. Daltune (1086) (DB), Dalton in Fournais (1332). For the district name Furness, see Barrow in Furness. Dalton-le-Dale Durham. Daltun 8th cent. The addition means ‘in the valley’, from OE dæl. Dalton, North East Riding of City & County of Yorkshire Dalton (1086) (DB), Northdaltona (c.1155). Dalton-on-Tees N. City & County of Yorks. Dalton (1204). On the River Tees. Dalton Piercy Hartlepool Daltun (c.1150), Dalton Percy (1370). Manorial affix from the Percy family, here up to the 14th cent. Dalton, South East Riding of City & County of Yorkshire Delton (1086) (DB), Suthdalton (1260).
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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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symbol: Da; a non-SI unit of atomic and molecular mass, equal to one-twelfth of the mass of the nuclide carbon-12. It is identical with the unified atomic mass unit. It is widely used in biochemistry. Sometimes it is used incorrectly as a supposed unit of the dimensionless terms relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass. [After John Dalton (1766 — 1844), British chemist and physicist.]
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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An arbitrary unit of mass, being one-twelfth the mass of the nuclide of carbon-12, equivalent to 1.657 × 10−24 g. Called also atomic mass unit.
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For people with the surname 'Dalton', see Dalton (surname).
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- Canada
- Dalton, Algoma District, Ontario
- Dalton Armoury, a Canadian Forces facility primarily used by the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
- England
- Dalton, Cumbria
- Dalton, Lancashire
- Dalton, Hexham, Northumberland
- Dalton, Ponteland, Northumberland
- Dalton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire
- Dalton, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire
- Dalton, South Yorkshire
- Dalton, West Yorkshire
- Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria
- Dalton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire
- Israel
- Scotland
- Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway
- Dalton, South Lanarkshire
- South Africa
- Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- United States
- Dalton, California
- Dalton, Georgia
- Dalton Gardens, Idaho
- Dalton City, Illinois
- Dalton, Massachusetts
- Dalton, Minnesota
- Dalton, Missouri
- Dalton, Nebraska
- Dalton, New Hampshire
- Dalton, New York, hamlet in Nunda (town), New York
- Dalton, Ohio
- Dalton, Pennsylvania
- The Dalton Trail, an old Tlingit trail
See also: Dalton Township (disambiguation)
People
- Surname
- Given name
- Dalton Bales, Ontario cabinet minister and lawyer
- Dalton Bell, Canadian football quarterback
- Dalton Camp, Canadian journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator
- Dalton Conley, American sociologist
- Dalton Grant, British high jumper
- Dalton Hilliard, former professional American football running back
- Dalton Jones, former Major League Baseball player
- Dalton Lindo, reggae artist popularly known as "Screwdriver"
- Dalton McCarthy, Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian
- Dalton McGuinty, Ontario's premier
- Dalton Alan Munaretto, Brazilian footballer
- Dalton Philips, Irish businessman
- Dalton Prejean, American murderer executed by the electric chair in Louisiana in 1990
- Dalton Trevisan, Brazilian author of short stories
- Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and author
- Collective name
- The Dalton Gang, brotherhood of outlaws in the American Old West
- Jesse and Festus, once known as The Daltons, a professional wrestling tag team made up of Jesse Dalton and Festus Dalton
- The Dalton Brothers, a spoof country band created and portrayed by U2 that served as its opening act for several concerts in 1987
Entertainment
- Dalton, working title for Code of Vengeance television series
- Dalton (Buffyverse), minor character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
- Dalton (Chrono Trigger), non-playable main character in Chrono Trigger
- Dalton Russell, character played by Clive Owen in 2006 film Inside Man
- Dalton Academy, a fictional school in the hit TV series Glee'
- The Daltons (Lucky Luke), fictional outlaws in the Lucky Luke comic book series
Science
- Dalton (unit) (Da), the atomic mass unit, named after the chemist John Dalton
- Dalton (crater), lunar crater
- Dalton (program), quantum chemistry software program
- Dalton Transactions, scientific journal covering inorganic chemistry
Other
- Dalton Airport (Michigan) in Flushing, Michigan, United States
- Dalton Barracks, current name of former Royal Air Force station near Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Dalton Castle, 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
- Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Georgia, United States
- Dalton State College, one of eight state colleges in the University System of Georgia
- Daltons, a weekly newspaper
- The Dalton Plan, educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst
- The Dalton School, private school in New York City founded by Helen Parkhurst based on the Dalton Plan
- Dalton Tradition, a distinctive shape of stone arrowhead
See also
- D'Alton (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Dalton"
- All pages with titles containing "Dalton"
- Dalton v. Specter, case heard before the United States Supreme Court in 1994
- Daltoni, former Yugoslav rock band
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