A Competent Authority is the body, which has the authority to act on behalf of the government of a member state to ensure that the requirements of the medical devices directives are carried out in that particular member state.
Definition of Law of Combining Volumes: A relation stating that the relative volumes of gases in a chemical reaction are present in the ratio of small integers (assuming all gases are at the same temperature and pressure). Also Known As: Gay-Lussac's Law. Examples: In the reaction. 2 H2(g) + O2(g) â 2 H2O(g)
Definition of 'Dalton's law'. Word Frequency. Dalton's law. noun. the principle that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases in a fixed volume is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it occupied the whole volume. . Also called : Dalton's law of partial pressures.