| NOUN | cognition | Dalton's law, law of multiple proportions | (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation |
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| cognition | Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures | (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture |
| Meaning | (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation. | |
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| Synonym | law of multiple proportions | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | law, law of nature | A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
| Catalan | llei de les proporcions múltiples | |
| Meaning | (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature. | |
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| Synonyms | Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions | |
| Broader | law, law of nature | A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
| Spanish | ley de Dalton | |
| Catalan | llei de Dalton | |
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