Medical Dictionary

Charles' law

noun

variants: also Charles's law play \ˌchärl(-zə)z-\

medical Definition of Charles' law

: a statement in physics: the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant pressure varies directly as its absolute temperature

Biographical Note for charles' law

Charles play \shȧrl\, Jacques–Alexandre–César (1746–1823), French physicist and inventor. Charles discovered the law that bears his name about 1787. He was a pioneer in the field of ballooning who conceived the idea of using hydrogen as the medium of displacement and in 1783 participated in the first hydrogen balloon flight.