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van der Waals

van der Waals proper noun: a surname from Dutch. Alternative form of Vanderwaals. Also the plural of van der Waal.

Proper noun

van der Waals

  1. A surname from Dutch. Alternative form of Vanderwaals.

Also used as

van der Waals is also the plural of van der Waal.

Origin of van der Waals

From Dutch van der Waals.

Words formed from van der Waals

Questions about van der Waals

What does van der Waals mean?
Van der Waals means a surname from Dutch. Alternative form of Vanderwaals.
What part of speech is van der Waals?
Van der Waals is a proper noun.

Words near van der Waals in the dictionary

  1. van der Grinten projections
  2. Van der Hum
  3. van der Sloot
  4. Van der Valk
  5. van der Vegte
  6. van der Waals
  7. Van der Waals equation
  8. van der Waals equation of state
  9. van der Waals force
  10. van der Waals forces
  11. van der Waals gas

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