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LAW OF RECIPROCAL PROPORTIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together
Synonyms:
law of equivalent proportions; law of reciprocal proportions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("law of reciprocal 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)
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