boltzmann's constant

1. 1.

   constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant

   Broaderconstant

Questions about boltzmann's constant

What does boltzmann's constant mean?

boltzmann's constant means "constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant".

Is boltzmann's constant a common word?

boltzmann's constant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.