Medical Dictionary
law of multiple proportions
noun
Medical Definition of LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS
: a statement in chemistry: when two elements combine in more than one proportion to form two or more compounds the weights of one element that combine with a given weight of the other element are in the ratios of small whole numbers
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