universal gas constant

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   (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole

   Synonymsgas constantR

   Broaderconstant

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Questions about universal gas constant

What does universal gas constant mean?

universal gas constant means "(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole".

What is another word for universal gas constant?

Close synonyms include gas constant, R. 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 universal gas constant a common word?

universal gas 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.