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periodic law

the principle that the properties of the chemical elements recur periodically when the elements are arranged in increasing order of their atomic numbers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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