Avogadro is an Italian surname, derived from ''avogaro'', a Venetian term for a diocese official (equivalent to ''avvocato'', ''advocatus'', "advocate"). In 1389, bishop Nicolò Beruti, made the office of ''avogaro'' hereditary, and a number of noble families with the name ''Avogaro'' or ''Avogadro'' developed over the following centuries, in Brescia, Vercelli and Treviso.
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Albert Avogadro
Albert of Jerusalem (''Albertus Hierosolymitanus; Albertus Vercelensis,'' also ''Saint Albert'', ''Albert of Vercelli'' or ''Alberto Avogadro''; died 14 September 1214) was a canon lawyer and saint. He was Bishop of Bobbio and Bishop of Vercelli, ...
(d. 1214), canon lawyer and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
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Amedeo Avogadro
Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (, also , ; 9 August 17769 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes ...
(1776–1856), chemist. Named after him are:
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Avogadro constant
The Avogadro constant, commonly denoted or , is the proportionality factor that relates the number of constituent particles (usually molecules, atoms or ions) in a sample with the amount of substance in that sample. It is an SI defining con ...
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Avogadro's law
Avogadro's law (sometimes referred to as Avogadro's hypothesis or Avogadro's principle) or Avogadro-Ampère's hypothesis is an experimental gas law relating the volume of a gas to the amount of substance of gas present. The law is a specific c ...
, an ideal gas law
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Avogadro project The Committee on Data for Science and Technology, scientific community examined several approaches to redefining the kilogram before deciding on a 2019 redefinition of the SI base units, redefinition of the SI base units in November 2018. Each appro ...
, a project to base the standard kilogram mass on the Avogadro constant, rather than an arbitrary block of metal
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Avogadro (crater)
Avogadro is an ancient lunar impact crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The formation has been heavily worn and eroded by subsequent impacts, so that the rim is now little more than a rounded edge surrou ...
, lunar crater
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Avogadro (software)
Avogadro is a molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It is extensible via a plugin architecture.
Features
* Molecule ...
, molecular editor
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Lucia Albani Avogadro (1534–1568), poet
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Oscar Avogadro
Oscar Avogadro (9 August 1951 – 30 September 2010) was an Italian lyricist.
Born in Turin, Avogadro debuted in the late 1960s as the vocalist of the short-lived vocal group . After the group disbanded, he started a career as a lyricist, getting ...
(1951–2010), lyricist
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