boyle's law

1. 1.

   the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume

   SynonymsMariotte's law

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Questions about boyle's law

What does boyle's law mean?

boyle's law means "the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume".

What is another word for boyle's law?

Close synonyms include Mariotte's law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boyle's law a common word?

boyle's law 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.