ideal gas

1. 1.

   a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces

   Synonymsperfect gas

   Broadergas

Questions about ideal gas

What does ideal gas mean?

ideal gas means "a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces".

What is another word for ideal gas?

Close synonyms include perfect gas. 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 ideal gas a common word?

ideal gas is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.