law of partial pressures
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1. (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 (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | law, law of nature, |
definition | : | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
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