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Boyle`s law Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Boyle's law
Noun
1. the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume
(synonym) Mariotte's law
(hypernym) law, law of nature
Noun
1. the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume
(synonym) Mariotte's law
(hypernym) law, law of nature
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boyle`s law
boyle's law (physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as mariotte's law, and the law of boyle and mariotte...
see also law
boyle's law \boyle's" law`\ (&?;). see under law.
boyle's law (physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as mariotte's law, and the law of boyle and mariotte...
see also law
boyle's law \boyle's" law`\ (&?;). see under law.
Boyle`s law Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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BOYLE'S LAW
States that when the temperature is held constant, the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. Therefore, if the pressure increases, the volume decreases and visa versa. For example, if the volume if halved, then the pressure is doubled. If the temperature is held constant, it becomes an isothermal process. Discovered by Robert Boyle (1627-1691), an Irish physicist and chemist and co-founder of the Royal Society.
States that when the temperature is held constant, the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. Therefore, if the pressure increases, the volume decreases and visa versa. For example, if the volume if halved, then the pressure is doubled. If the temperature is held constant, it becomes an isothermal process. Discovered by Robert Boyle (1627-1691), an Irish physicist and chemist and co-founder of the Royal Society.
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Boyle's law
The pressure of a ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume, if the temperature and amount of gas is held constant. Doubling gas pressure halves gas volume, if temperature and amount of gas don't change. If the initial pressure and volume are P1 and V1 and the final pressure and volume are P2V2, then P1V1 = P2V2 at fixed temperature and gas amount.
The pressure of a ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume, if the temperature and amount of gas is held constant. Doubling gas pressure halves gas volume, if temperature and amount of gas don't change. If the initial pressure and volume are P1 and V1 and the final pressure and volume are P2V2, then P1V1 = P2V2 at fixed temperature and gas amount.
Boyle`s law Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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BOYLE'S LAW
"The volume of any weight of gas is inversely proportional to the absolute pressure, provided the temperature remains constant,"
"The volume of any weight of gas is inversely proportional to the absolute pressure, provided the temperature remains constant,"
Boyle`s law Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Boyle's law
at a fixed temperature and for a fixed mass of gas, pressure times volume is a constant value.
at a fixed temperature and for a fixed mass of gas, pressure times volume is a constant value.
Boyle’s Law
Under constant temperature, the volume of a given mass of gas is inversely proportional to the absolute pressure of the gas.
Boyle`s law Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Boyle's law
Boyle's law (sometimes referred to as the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one of the gas laws and basis of derivation for the ideal gas law, which describes the relationship between the product pressure and volume within a closed system as constant when temperature remains at a fixed measure; both entities remain inversely proportional. The law was named for chemist and physicist, Robert Boyle who published the original law in 1662. The law itself can be defined succinctly as:
History
Boyle's Law is named after the Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle (Lismore, County Waterford, 1627-1691) who was the first to publish it in 1662. The relationship between pressure and volume was brought to the attention of Boyle by two friends and amateur scientists, Richard Towneley and Henry Power, who discovered it. Boyle confirmed their discovery through experiments and published the results. According to Robert Gunther and other authorities, Boyle's assistant Robert Hooke, who built the experimental apparatus, may well have helped to quantify the law; Hooke was accounted a more able mathematician than Boyle. Hooke also developed the improved vacuum pumps necessary for the experiments. The French physicist Edme Mariotte (1620-1684) discovered the same law independently of Boyle in 1676, so this law may be referred to as Mariotte's or the Mariotte-Boyle law.| See more at Wikipedia.org... |