perfect gas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfect gas
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Assuming the working fluid to be a perfect gas with the same properties as air, we should have γ = 1.41.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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 Joshua Rose
The woman had been set free -- volatilized like Clerk Maxwell's perfect gas; almost brought to the point of explosion, like steam.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
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 Lucien Poincaré
The analogy with a perfect gas naturally becomes much greater as the solution becomes more diluted.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
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