Stoichiometry

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stoichiometry \Stoi`chi*om"e*try\, n. [Gr. ? a first principle,
     or element + -metry.]
     The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions,
     combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical
     elements and their compounds.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stoichiometry
       n : (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of
           substances that take part in a reaction or form a
           compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)