"Charles's law" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌtʃɑːlz ˈlɔː/ [UK]
Etymology: Named after French scientist Jacques Charles (1746–1823), who first formulated it. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|scientist||||}} scientist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Jacques Charles}} Jacques Charles, {{named-after|en|Jacques Charles|born=1746|died=1823|nat=French|occ=scientist|wplink==}} Named after French scientist Jacques Charles (1746–1823) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Charles's law
  1. (physics) The law stating that the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure. Wikipedia link: Charles's law Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Physics Synonyms: law of volumes, Charles' law Related terms: Boyle's law, combined gas law, ideal gas law Translations (physical law stating the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure): قَانُون شَارْلْ (qānūn šārl) [masculine] (Arabic), Charlesen legea (Basque), зако́н Ша́рля (zakón Šárlja) [masculine] (Belarusian), закон на Шарл (zakon na Šarl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), llei de Charles i Gay-Lussac [feminine] (Catalan), llei de Gay-Lussac [feminine] (Catalan), llei de Charles [feminine] (Catalan), 查理定律 (Chálǐ dìnglǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 查理-蓋-呂薩克定律 (Chinese Mandarin), 查理-盖-吕萨克定律 (Chálǐ-Gài-Lǚsàkè dìnglǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), Charlesův zákon [masculine] (Czech), Charles'i seadus (Estonian), Charlesin laki (Finnish), loi de Charles [feminine] (French), erste Gesetz von Gay-Lussac [neuter] (German), Gay-Lussacsches Gesetz [neuter] (German), Gesetz von Charles [neuter] (German), Charlessches Gesetz [neuter] (German), νόμος του Σαρλ (nómos tou Sarl) [masculine] (Greek), νόμος της ισόχωρης μεταβολής (nómos tis isóchoris metavolís) [masculine] (Greek), חֹק שָׁארְל (khók Shárl) [masculine] (Hebrew), चार्ल का नियम (cārla kā niyam) [masculine] (Hindi), Charles-törvény (Hungarian), Charles és Gay-Lussac törvény (Hungarian), hukum Charles (Indonesian), Dlí Charles [masculine] (Irish), prima legge di Gay-Lussac [feminine] (Italian), legge di Charles [feminine] (Italian), シャルルの法則 (Sharuru no hōsoku) (alt: シャルルのほうそく) (Japanese), 샤를의 법칙 (Syareurui beopchik) (Korean), 샤를과 게이뤼삭의 법칙 (Syareulgwa Geirwisagui beopchik) (Korean), Šarla likums [masculine] (Latvian), Шарлов закон (Šarlov zakon) [masculine] (Macedonian), закон на Шарл и Геј-Лисак (zakon na Šarl i Gej-Lisak) [masculine] (Macedonian), ചാൾസ് നിയമം (cāḷsŭ niyamaṁ) (Malayalam), قانون شارل (qânun šârl) (Persian), قانون حجم (qânun hajm) (Persian), lej ëd Charles [feminine] (Piedmontese), prawo Charles'a [neuter] (Polish), lei de Charles [feminine] (Portuguese), legea lui Charles [feminine] (Romanian), зако́н Ша́рля (zakón Šárlja) [masculine] (Russian), Dlighe Charles [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), Шарлов за́кон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Charlesov zákon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), චාල්ස්ගේ නියමය (cālsgē niyamaya) (Sinhalese), චාල්ස් නියමය (cāls niyamaya) (Sinhalese), Charlesov zákon [masculine] (Slovak), ley de Charles [feminine] (Spanish), Charles lag [common-gender] (Swedish), Gay-Lussacs första lag [common-gender] (Swedish), Gay-Lussacs lag [common-gender] (Swedish), சார்லசின் விதி (cārlaciṉ viti) (Tamil), கனவளவு விதி (kaṉavaḷavu viti) (Tamil), Charles yasası (Turkish), зако́н Ша́рля (zakón Šárlja) [masculine] (Ukrainian), định luật Charles (Vietnamese), định luật Gay-Lussac (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "physical law stating the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure",
      "word": "định luật Charles"
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