van der Waals' equation

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(van′ dər wälz′, wôlz′; Du. vän′ dər väls′)


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van′ der Waals'′ equa′tion  (van′ dər wälz′, wôlz′; Du. vän′ dər väls′),USA pronunciation [Thermodynamics.]
  1. Thermodynamicsan equation of state relating the pressure, volume, and absolute temperature of a gas, taking into account the finite size of the molecules and the attractive force between them.
Also, van′ der Waals′ equa′tion. 
  • named after J. Dutch. van der Waals (1837–1923), Dutch scientist

'van der Waals' equation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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