Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun law_of_partial_pressures

1 sense of law of partial pressures

Sense 1
Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures -- ((chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")