partial pressure
the pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature.
Origin of partial pressure
1- Compare Dalton's law.
Words Nearby partial pressure
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How to use partial pressure in a sentence
The assimilation of carbon increases with the increase in the partial pressure of the CO2.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThe ratios of the fluxes of partial pressure to the corresponding pressure-gradients are also equal to the same coefficient.
With regard to the partial pressure of the components, the behaviour is more uniform.
The Phase Rule and Its Applications | Alexander Findlay
British Dictionary definitions for partial pressure
the pressure that a gas, in a mixture of gases, would exert if it alone occupied the whole volume occupied by the mixture
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