law of multiple proportions

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 105890833)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: law, law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
    same as: dalton's law

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