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Boyle's law

the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant temperature the volume is inversely proportional to the pressure

Origin: after Robert Boyle

See Boyle's law in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The principle that at a constant temperature the volume of a confined ideal gas varies inversely with its pressure.

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Origin: After Robert Boyle

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