(not in technical usage) a measure of concentration equal to the number of moles of solute in a thousand grams of solvent
molality in American English
(mouˈlælɪti)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
Chemistry
the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent
Word origin
[1920–25; molal + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: checkout, ski jump, slalom, superpower, zipper-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity