A|vo|ga|dro's law

A|vo|ga|dro's law
A|vo|ga|dro's law «AH voh GAH drohz»,
Chemistry, Physics. a law stating that equal volumes of different gases, under like conditions of pressure and temperature, contain the same number of molecules.
[< Count Amedeo Avogadro, 1776-1856, an Italian physicist, who stated it]

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