Boyle's law Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume
    Mariotte's law.

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Definitions
  1. (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; known also as Mariotte's law, and the law of Boyle and Mariotte.

Webster 1913