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Boyle's law

A law of gases which states that at constant temperature the volume of a gas varies inversely with its pressure. This law, formulated by Robert Boyle (1627–1691), can also be stated thus: The product of the volume of a gas times the pressure exerted on it is a constant at a fixed temperature. The relation is approximately true for most gases, but is not followed at high pressure. The phenomenon was discovered independently by Edme Mariotte about 1650 and is known in Europe as Mariotte's law. See Kinetic theory of matter

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Boyle's law

[′bȯilz ‚lȯ]
(physics)
The law that the product of the volume of a gas times its pressure is a constant at fixed temperature. Also known as Mariotte's law.
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