LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does law of constant proportion mean? • LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTION (noun)
The noun LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTION has 1 sense:
1. (chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight
Familiarity information: LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LAW OF CONSTANT PROPORTION (noun)
Meaning:
(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
law of constant proportion; law of definite proportions
Hypernyms ("law of constant proportion" 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)
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