charles's law

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsGay-Lussac's lawlaw of volumes

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Questions about charles's law

What does charles's law mean?

charles's law means "(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature".

What is another word for charles's law?

Close synonyms include Gay-Lussac's law, law of volumes. 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 charles's law a common word?

charles'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.