mendeleev's law

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1. (chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	law, law of nature,
definition	:	a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	chemical science, chemistry,
definition	:	the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition)