Unified atomic mass unit/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Unified atomic mass unit.

A unit of atomic and molecular mass, the ratio of atomic mass to one twelfth of the mass of carbon 12C at rest in its nuclear and electronic ground state, approximately 1.660 538 921(73) × 10−27 kg .