Dalton's law
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(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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- law of nature hypernym
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- chemistry domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(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
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- law of nature hypernym
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | law of nature |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | law of nature |