perfect gas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfect gas
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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It is in the fluid state, and perhaps in conditions opposed to those of a body in the state of a perfect gas.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
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
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
The process of shrinkage and rise of temperature goes on so long as they remain in the state of a perfect gas.
From The New Heavens by Hale, George Ellery
When a perfect gas dilates in a vacuum its entropy increases, and yet the temperature does not change, and the gas has neither been able to give nor receive heat.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
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