Gay-Lussac's law: Meaning and Definition of

Gay'-Lussac's' law'

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— Thermodynamics. Thermodynamics.
  1. the principle that, for relatively low pressures, the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the absolute temperature of the gas. Also calledCf. Boyle's law.
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