van der Waals' equation

van der Waals' equation
/van" deuhr wahlz', wawlz'/; Du. /vahn' deuhrdd vahls"/, Thermodynamics.
an equation of state relating the pressure, volume, and absolute temperature of a gas, taking into account the finite size of the molecules and the attractive force between them.
Also, van der Waals equation.
[named after J. D. van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch scientist]

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