■ noun Chemistry a law stating that the volume of an ideal gas at constant pressure is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.
Origin
C19: named after the French physicist Jacques A. C. Charles .
■ noun Chemistry a law stating that the volume of an ideal gas at constant pressure is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.
Origin
C19: named after the French physicist Jacques A. C. Charles .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004