Gay-Lussac's law

proper noun

A gas law stating that when held at constant volume, the pressure of a gas is proportional to its temperature (now subsumed by the ideal gas law).

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Charles's lawlaw of volumes
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalchemistryA gas law stating that when held at constant volume, the pressure of a gas is proportional to its temperature (now subsumed by the ideal gas law).

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature

Similar
Charles's lawlaw of volumes
Broader
lawlaw of nature
Also see
charles's lawlaw of volumes

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Origin

Proposed by French chemist Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac.

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Gay-Lussac's law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gay-Lussac's%20law

MLA

“Gay-Lussac's law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gay-Lussac's%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gay-Lussac's law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gay-Lussac's%20law.

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