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Noun: law of equivalent proportions
  1. (chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together
    - law of reciprocal proportions

Type of: law, law of nature

Encyclopedia: Law of equivalent proportions

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