Term: law of multiple proportions: (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
Candidate hypernym: content: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned → 1
Candidate hypernym: foreign legion: a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state → 0
Candidate hypernym: marsh cress: annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities → 0
Candidate hypernym: grape: any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters → 0
Candidate hypernym: unearned income: (accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet) → 0
Candidate hypernym: nitrogenase: an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia → 0
Candidate hypernym: meadow saxifrage: rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe → 0
Candidate hypernym: monotropaceae: used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes → 0
Candidate hypernym: brain surgery: any surgical procedure involving the brain → 0
Candidate hypernym: blow: an impact (as from a collision) → 0
Candidate hypernym: harpullia: any of various tree of the genus Harpullia → 0