virial coefficient

noun

Any of a number of coefficients in the virial expansion of the pressure of a many-particle system in powers of the density, providing systematic corrections to the ideal gas law.

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Meanings

nounvirial coefficient (plural virial coefficients)

plural virial coefficients

  1. Any of a number of coefficients in the virial expansion of the pressure of a many-particle system in powers of the density, providing systematic corrections to the ideal gas law.
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