Dalton's law

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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
• Syn:
law of multiple proportions
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
law, law of nature
2. (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture;
the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
• Syn:
Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science, physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
law, law of nature