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LAW OF VOLUMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does law of volumes mean?
• LAW OF VOLUMES (noun)
The noun LAW OF VOLUMES has 1 sense:
1. (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature
Familiarity information: LAW OF VOLUMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("law of volumes" 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)
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