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virial coefficient

virial coefficient noun: any of a number of coefficients in the virial expansion of the pressure of a many-particle system in powers of the density, providing systematic corrections to the ideal gas law.

Noun

virial coefficient (plural virial coefficients)

  1. Any of a number of coefficients in the virial expansion of the pressure of a many-particle system in powers of the density, providing systematic corrections to the ideal gas law.

Forms of virial coefficient

pluralvirial coefficients

Questions about virial coefficient

What does virial coefficient mean?
Virial coefficient means any of a number of coefficients in the virial expansion of the pressure of a many-particle system in powers of the density, providing systematic corrections to the ideal gas law.
What part of speech is virial coefficient?
Virial coefficient is a noun.
What is the plural of virial coefficient?
The plural of virial coefficient is virial coefficients.

Words near virial coefficient in the dictionary

  1. virguncule
  2. virguncules
  3. viri
  4. viri-
  5. virial
  6. virial coefficient
  7. virial coefficients
  8. virial theorem
  9. virialisation
  10. virialise
  11. virialised

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