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Noun: Boltzmann constant
  1. The proportionality factor that relates the average relative kinetic energy of particles in a gas to the temperature, defined as exactly 1.380649 x 10^-23 Joules/Kelvin (J/K)
    - Boltzmann's constant

Type of: constant

Encyclopedia: Boltzmann constant