English noun: law of multiple proportions | |||
1. | law of multiple proportions (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 | Dalton's law | ||
Broader (hypernym) | law, law of nature | ||
Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||