Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

law of multiple proportions

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: law of -mul-ti-ple pro-por-tions
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(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

Synonyms

Dalton's law

Questions

What does law of multiple proportions mean?: (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

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