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LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
Dalton's law; law of multiple proportions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("law of multiple proportions" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)