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• 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 — 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

• multiple proportions, law of — ▪ chemistry       statement that when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers. For example, there are five …   Universalium

• 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

• 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

• Multiple fruits — 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 star — 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 — [ myltipl ] adj. et n. m. • 1572 math.; multiplice 1380; lat. multiplex 1 ♦ Qui n est pas simple. Qui est composé de plusieurs éléments de nature différente, ou qui se manifeste sous des formes différentes. ⇒ divers. « Ce vaste et multiple monde… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Multiple master fonts — (or MM fonts) are an extension to Adobe Systems Type 1 PostScript fonts, now mostly superseded by the advent of OpenType. Multiple master fonts contain two or more masters that is, original font styles and enable a user to interpolate between… …   Wikipedia