universal gas constant
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universal gas constant
n
(General Physics) another name for gas constant
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Noun | 1. | universal gas constant - (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant" |
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