perfect gas

noun

, Physics.

1. ideal gas.

perfect gas

noun

1. another name for ideal gas

Word History and Origins

Origin of perfect gas¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The woman had been set free--volatilized like Clerk Maxwell's perfect gas; almost brought to the point of explosion, like steam.

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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.

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For lack of material he could not give his men perfect gas protectors, while to our men we could and did.

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