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The following 22 entries include the term Law of.
first law of thermodynamics
nounFrank-Starling law of the heart
nounlaw of conservation of energy
nounlaw of conservation of matter
nounlaw of constant proportions
nounlaw of definite proportions
noun: a statement in chemistry: every definite compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by weight
law of dominance
nounlaw of effect
noun: a statement in psychology: in trial-and-error learning satisfying or successful behavior is repeated whereas unsatisfying or unsuccessful behavior is not
law of gravitation
noun: a statement in physics: any particle in the universe attracts any other particle with a force that is proportional to the product of the masses of the two particles and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
law of independent assortment
nounlaw of Laplace
noun: a law in physics that in medicine is applied in the physiology of blood flow: under equilibrium conditions the pressure tangent to the circumference of a vessel storing or transmitting fluid equals the product of the pressure across the wall and the radius of the vessel for a sphere and half this for a tube
law of mass action
noun: a statement in chemistry: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances
law of multiple proportions
noun: 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
law of partial pressures
noun: a statement in physics and chemistry: the component of the total pressure contributed by each ingredient in a mixture of gases or vapors is equal to the pressure that it would exert if alone in the same enclosure
law of refraction
noun: a law in physics: in the refraction of radiation at the interface between two isotropic media the incident ray and the corresponding refracted ray are coplanar with the refracting surface at the point of incidence and the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the index of refraction
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