law of multiple proportions

1. 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

   SynonymsDalton's law

   Broaderlaw

   chemistry

Questions about law of multiple proportions

What does law of multiple proportions mean?

law of multiple proportions means "(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".

What is another word for law of multiple proportions?

Close synonyms include Dalton's law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.