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Boltzmann's constant

Variant of Boltzmann constant

Physics a constant used in equations involving ideal gases, equal to 1.380658 × 10 joules per kelvin: symbol, k
also called Boltzmann's constant

Origin: after Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist

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