DALTON’S LAW as NOUN

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 a
   Synonym(s)
   • Dalton’s law of partial pressures (what does Dalton’s law of partial pressures mean?)
   • law of partial pressures (what does law of partial pressures mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Dalton’s law is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • law (what does law mean?)
   • law of nature (what does law of nature mean?)
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 relation
   Synonym(s)
   • law of multiple proportions (what does law of multiple proportions mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Dalton’s law is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • law (what does law mean?)
   • law of nature (what does law of nature mean?)