Charles'+law

One entry found for Charles' law.

Main Entry: Charles' law
Variant(s): also Charles's law /chärl(-z)z-/
Function: noun
: a statement in physics: the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant pressure varies directly as its absolute temperature
Charles /shrl/ , Jacques-Alexandre-César (1746-1823), French physicist and inventor. Charles discovered the law that bears his name about 1787. He was a pioneer in the field of ballooning who conceived the idea of using hydrogen as the medium of displacement and in 1783 participated in the first hydrogen balloon flight.