Law of multiple proportion
- Law of multiple proportion
- Multiple Mul"ti*ple, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple,
and multiply.]
Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of
more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several,
or many, parts.
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{Law of multiple proportion} (Chem.), the generalization that
when the same elements unite in more than one proportion,
forming two or more different compounds, the higher
proportions of the elements in such compounds are simple
multiples of the lowest proportion, or the proportions are
connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and
oxygen unite in the proportions {FeO}, {Fe2O3}, {Fe3O4},
in which compounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are
simple multiplies of 1. Called also the {Law of Dalton} or
{Dalton's Law}, from its discoverer.
{Multiple algebra}, a branch of advanced mathematics that
treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more
unlike units.
{Multiple conjugation} (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells
(as where an indefinite number of am[oe]boid cells flow
together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper
and even fertilization may have been evolved.
{Multiple fruits}. (Bot.) See {Collective fruit}, under
{Collective}.
{Multiple star} (Astron.), several stars in close proximity,
which appear to form a single system.
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Dalton law of multiple proportion — Daltono kartotinių santykių dėsnis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Dalton law of multiple proportion vok. Gesetz der mehrfachen Gewichts verhältnisse, n; Gesetz der mehrfachen verhältnisse, n; Gesetz der multiplen Proportionen, n rus … Fizikos terminų žodynas
law of multiple proportion — Chem. the statement that where two elements can combine to form more than one compound, the ratio by weight of one element to a given weight of the second is usually a small whole number. * * * … Universalium
law of multiple proportion — Chem. the statement that where two elements can combine to form more than one compound, the ratio by weight of one element to a given weight of the second is usually a small whole number … Useful english dictionary
law of multiple proportions — n 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 * * * when… … Medical dictionary
Law of multiple proportions — In chemistry, the law of multiple proportions is one of the basic laws and a major tool of chemical measurement (stoichiometry). It states that when elements combine they do so in a ratio of small whole numbers. For example, carbon and oxygen… … Wikipedia
law of multiple proportions — noun (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 • Syn: ↑Dalton s law • Topics:… … Useful english dictionary
Law of Dalton — Multiple Mul ti*ple, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.] Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts. [1913 Webster] {Law of multiple… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Multiple — Mul ti*ple, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.] Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts. [1913 Webster] {Law of multiple proportion} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Multiple algebra — Multiple Mul ti*ple, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.] Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts. [1913 Webster] {Law of multiple… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Multiple conjugation — Multiple Mul ti*ple, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.] Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts. [1913 Webster] {Law of multiple… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
