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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


SynonymsDalton's law


Broader (hypernym)law, law of nature


Domain categorychemical science, chemistry









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