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 (d. 1214), canon lawyer and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
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Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856), chemist. Named after him are:
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Avogadro constant
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Avogadro's law, 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
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, molecular editor
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Lucia Albani Avogadro
Lucia Albani Avogadro (Bergamo, 1534 – Brescia, 1568) was an Italian poet, member of the Albani family.
Biography
Born Lucia Albani in Bergamo, she had four brothers and two sisters, and was the daughter of Giovanni Gerolamo Albani – a ju ...
(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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