perfect gas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfect gas
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The analogy with a perfect gas naturally becomes much greater as the solution becomes more diluted.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
The relation between the temperature, pressure, and weight of steam is not quite proportional to the volume, because steam is not a perfect gas, and does not, therefore, strictly follow Mariotte’s law.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Thomson's scale enables a perfect gas to be defined, and the deviations of the properties of ordinary gases from those of such a gas to be observed and measured.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
Lastly, the pressure itself will vary proportionally with the absolute temperature, as defined by the theory of a perfect gas, and will serve to determine it.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
But steam is not a perfect gas, as is evidenced by the fact that its volume does not increase in a ratio inverse to its pressure.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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