Charles's law

English

animation demonstrating the relationship between volume and temperature according to Charles's law

Alternative forms

• Charles' law

Etymology

Named after French scientist Jacques Charles (1746–1823), who first formulated it.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtʃɑːlz ˈlɔː/

Proper noun

Charles's law

1. (physics) The law stating that the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure.
   • 2015, Nivaldo J. Tro, Chemistry in Focus: A Molecular View of Our World, page 291:

     You can observe the effects of Charles's law in a heated room on a winter's day. The air near the ceiling is warmer than the air near the floor. When air is heated, it expands according to Charles's law, lowering its density and causing it to rise.

Synonyms

• law of volumes

Related terms

• Boyle's law
• combined gas law
• ideal gas law

Translations

physical law stating the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure

• Arabic: قَانُون شَارْلْ m (qānūn šārl)
• Basque: Charlesen legea
• Belarusian: зако́н Ша́рля m (zakón Šárlja)
• Bulgarian: закон на Шарл m (zakon na Šarl)
• Catalan: llei de Charles i Gay-Lussac f, llei de Gay-Lussac f, llei de Charles f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 查理定律 (Chálǐ dìnglǜ), 查理-蓋-呂薩克定律／查理-盖-吕萨克定律 (Chálǐ-Gài-Lǚsàkè dìnglǜ)

• Czech: Charlesův zákon m
• Estonian: Charles'i seadus
• Finnish: Charlesin laki
• French: loi de Charles f
• German: erste Gesetz von Gay-Lussac n, Gay-Lussacsches Gesetz n, Gesetz von Charles n, Charlessches Gesetz n
• Greek: νόμος του Σαρλ m (nómos tou Sarl), νόμος της ισόχωρης μεταβολής m (nómos tis isóchoris metavolís)
• Hebrew: חֹק שָׁארְל m (khók Shárl)
• Hindi: चार्ल का नियम m (cārla kā niyam)
• Hungarian: Charles-törvény, Charles és Gay-Lussac törvény
• Indonesian: hukum Charles
• Irish: Dlí Charles m
• Italian: prima legge di Gay-Lussac f, legge di Charles f
• Japanese: シャルルの法則 (シャルルのほうそく, Sharuru no hōsoku)
• Korean: 샤를의 법칙 (ko) (Syareurui beopchik), 샤를과 게이뤼삭의 법칙 (Syareulgwa Geirwisagui beopchik)
• Latvian: Šarla likums m
• Macedonian: Шарлов закон m (Šarlov zakon), закон на Шарл и Геј-Лисак m (zakon na Šarl i Gej-Lisak)
• Malayalam: ചാൾസ് നിയമം (cāḷsŭ niyamaṁ)
• Persian: قانون شارل (qânun šârl), قانون حجم (qânun hajm)
• Piedmontese: lej ëd Charles f
• Polish: prawo Charles'a n
• Portuguese: lei de Charles f
• Romanian: legea lui Charles f
• Russian: зако́н Ша́рля m (zakón Šárlja)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dlighe Charles f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шарлов за́кон m

  Roman: Charlesov zákon m

• Sinhalese: චාල්ස්ගේ නියමය (cālsgē niyamaya), චාල්ස් නියමය (cāls niyamaya)
• Slovak: Charlesov zákon m
• Spanish: ley de Charles f
• Swedish: Charles lag c, Gay-Lussacs första lag c, Gay-Lussacs lag c
• Tamil: சார்லசின் விதி (cārlaciṉ viti), கனவளவு விதி (kaṉavaḷavu viti)
• Turkish: Charles yasası
• Ukrainian: зако́н Ша́рля m (zakón Šárlja)
• Vietnamese: định luật Charles, định luật Gay-Lussac

Anagrams

• wall chasers