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English noun: law of partial pressures

1. law of partial pressures (cognition) (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature


SynonymsDalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures


Broader (hypernym)law, law of nature


Domain categorychemical science, chemistry, natural philosophy, physics









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