DALTON'S LAW
Dictionary entry overview: What does Dalton's law mean?
• DALTON'S LAW (noun)
The noun DALTON'S LAW has 2 senses:
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
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
Familiarity information: DALTON'S LAW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DALTON'S LAW (noun)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Dalton's law; law of multiple proportions
Hypernyms ("Dalton's law" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Dalton's law of partial pressures; law of partial pressures; Dalton's law
Hypernyms ("Dalton's law" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
