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LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does law of definite proportions mean? 

LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS (noun)
  The noun LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weightplay

  Familiarity information: LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTIONS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

law of constant proportion; law of definite proportions

Hypernyms ("law of definite proportions" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)


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