MENDELEEV'S LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mendeleev's law mean? 

• MENDELEEV'S LAW (noun)
  The noun MENDELEEV'S LAW has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers

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• MENDELEEV'S LAW (noun)

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Meaning:

(chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mendeleev's law; periodic law

Hypernyms ("Mendeleev's law" 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)