equation of state

noun Physics.
an equation relating the temperature, pressure, and volume of a given thermodynamic system.
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equation of state
 
n
any equation that expresses the relationship between the temperature, pressure, and volume of a substance

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Equation of state is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
The only form of matter in this universe that has this type of equation of state is quantum vacuum energy.
As a result, the equation of state of the mixture was obtained.
Only with an accurate equation of state can the full hydrodynamics of the phase transition be modeled.
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