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Gay-Lussac's law

Gay-Lussac's law proper noun: a gas law stating that when held at constant volume, the pressure of a gas is proportional to its temperature (now subsumed by the ideal gas law).

Proper noun

Gay-Lussac's law

  1. (historical) A gas law stating that when held at constant volume, the pressure of a gas is proportional to its temperature (now subsumed by the ideal gas law).

Origin of Gay-Lussac's law

Proposed by French chemist Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac.

Questions about Gay-Lussac's law

What does Gay-Lussac's law mean?
Gay-Lussac's law means a gas law stating that when held at constant volume, the pressure of a gas is proportional to its temperature (now subsumed by the ideal gas law).
What part of speech is Gay-Lussac's law?
Gay-Lussac's law is a proper noun.

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