HyperDic: law_of_multiple_proportions

English > 1 sense of the expression law of multiple proportions:
NOUNcognitionlaw of multiple proportions, Dalton's law(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
English > law of multiple proportions: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
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.
SynonymDalton's law
Categorychemistry, chemical scienceThe science of matter
Broaderlaw, law of natureA generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Catalanllei de les proporcions múltiples

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