Definition of Law of multiple proportions

1. Noun. (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.

Exact synonyms: Dalton's Law
Generic synonyms: Law, Law Of Nature
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry

Medical Definition of Law of multiple proportions

1. The relative weights in which two substances form a chemical union singly with a third are the same as, or simple multiples of, those in which they unite with each other; a corollary of the law of definite proportions. Synonym: law of multiple proportions. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Multiple Proportions

law of diminishing returns
law of double negation
law of effect
law of equal areas
law of equivalent proportions
law of excitation
law of excluded middle
law of gravitation
law of initial value
law of intestine
law of isochronism
law of large numbers
law of motion
law of multiple proportions (current term)
law of nations
law of nature
law of parsimony
law of partial pressures
law of polar excitation
law of priority
law of proximity
law of recapitulation
law of reciprocal proportions
law of referred pain
law of refraction
law of regression to mean
law of segregation
law of similarity

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