Mendeléeff's law

noun

Men·​de·​lé·​eff's law

variants or Mendeleev's law

ˌmendəˈlā(y)ə̇fs-,

-ə̇vz-

: periodic law

Word History

Etymology

after Dmitri I. Mendeleev †1907 Russian chemist

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