Source Word
Prout's hypothesis
Proper noun
historical
(historical,
chemistry)
An
early
19th-century
attempt
to
explain
the
existence
of
the
various
chemical
elements:
the
hypothesis
that,
since
the
atomic
weights
for
known
elements
appeared
to
be
whole
multiples
of
the
atomic
weight
of
hydrogen,
the
hydrogen
atom
was
the
only
truly
fundamental
object,
and
the
atoms
of
other
elements
were
actually
groupings
of
various
numbers
of
hydrogen
atoms.
Japanese Meaning
19世紀初頭の化学における仮説。既知の化学元素の原子量が水素原子の原子量の整数倍であることに着目し、水素原子を基本単位とみなし、他の元素は複数の水素原子が集まったものだとする説。
Sense（1）
(historical,
chemistry)
An
early
19th-century
attempt
to
explain
the
existence
of
the
various
chemical
elements:
the
hypothesis
that,
since
the
atomic
weights
for
known
elements
appeared
to
be
whole
multiples
of
the
atomic
weight
of
hydrogen,
the
hydrogen
atom
was
the
only
truly
fundamental
object,
and
the
atoms
of
other
elements
were
actually
groupings
of
various
numbers
of
hydrogen
atoms.
