law of partial pressures

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noun

(chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture;
the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
• Syn:
Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science, physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
law, law of nature