■ noun Chemistry a law stating that the pressure of a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.
Origin
from the name of the English scientist Robert Boyle (1627–91).
■ noun Chemistry a law stating that the pressure of a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.
Origin
from the name of the English scientist Robert Boyle (1627–91).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004