If you have problems with your other fingers but your little finger is fine, this may be a sign that you have carpal tunnel syndrome. A different nerve gives feeling to the little finger. You may first notice symptoms at night. You may be able to get relief by shaking your hand.
â¢ PERIODIC LAW (noun). The noun PERIODIC LAW has 1 sense: 1. (chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers. Familiarity information: PERIODIC LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Periodic table in chemistry (1889) is from notion of the arrangement, in which similar properties recur at intervals in elements in the same area as you read down the rows of the table. This sense of the word is attested from 1872 (periodic law).