periodic law

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMendeleev's law

   Broaderlaw

   chemistry

Questions about periodic law

What does periodic law mean?

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

What is another word for periodic law?

Close synonyms include Mendeleev'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.

Is periodic law a common word?

periodic law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.