Charles' law

British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlzɪz /

noun

1. Also called: Gay-Lussac's law.  the principle that all gases expand equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant pressure: also that the pressures of all gases increase equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant volume. The law is now known to be only true for ideal gases

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Etymology

Origin of Charles' law

C18: named after Jacques A. C. Charles (1746–1823), French physicist who first formulated it

Example Sentences

For instance, the statistical description of a gas explains Charles’ law.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

There is a point at which gas, in theory, takes up no space at all; Charles’ law says that a balloon of gas must shrink to zero space.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

In the 1850s, however, William Thomson, a British physicist, noticed something odd about Charles’ law: the specter of zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Charles’ law describes the relationship of the volume of a gas to its temperature.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife