Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun universal_gas_constant

1 sense of universal gas constant

Sense 1
gas constant, universal gas constant, R -- ((physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole)
       => constant -- (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant")