GAY-LUSSAC'S LAW

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gay-Lussac's law mean? 

• GAY-LUSSAC'S LAW (noun)
  The noun GAY-LUSSAC'S LAW has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature

  Familiarity information: GAY-LUSSAC'S LAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAY-LUSSAC'S LAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Charles's law; Gay-Lussac's law; law of volumes

Hypernyms ("Gay-Lussac's law" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)