Noun: gas constant gas kón-stunt
- (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
"The gas constant R is used in many thermodynamic calculations"; "The universal gas constant R is used in many thermodynamic calculations";
- universal gas constant, R
Derived forms: gas constants
Type of: constant
Encyclopedia: Gas constant