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law of multiple proportions

DEFINITIONS OF: law of multiple proportions

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n (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
Type of:
law, law of nature
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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