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    DALTON'S LAW

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 temperatureplay

    Synonyms:

    Dalton's law; Dalton's law of partial pressures; law of partial pressures

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    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; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

    Sense 2

    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 relationplay

    Synonyms:

    Dalton's law; law of multiple proportions

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    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)

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