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English noun: Dalton's law | |||
| 1. | Dalton's law (cognition) (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 | law of multiple proportions | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | law, law of nature | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
| 2. | Dalton's law (cognition) (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 | ||
| Synonyms | Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | law, law of nature | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry, natural philosophy, physics | ||
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