English noun: Dalton's law of partial pressures |
1. | Dalton's 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 |
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| Synonyms | Dalton's law, law of partial pressures |
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| Broader (hypernym) | law, law of nature |
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| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry, natural philosophy, physics |
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