Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gas constant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: gas -con-stant
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a universal constant, R, that appears in the ideal gas law, PV=nRT, derived from two fundamental constants, the Boltzmann constant and Avogadro's number, R=N_Ak.

Inflected Forms

gas constants (plural)

Synonyms

universal gas constant r

Questions

What does gas constant mean?: a universal constant, R, that appears in the ideal gas law, PV=nRT, derived from two fundamental constants, the Boltzmann constant and Avogadro's number, R=N_Ak.

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