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par′tial pres′sure, [Physics, Chem.]
- Chemistry, Physics, Chemistrythe pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature. Cf. Dalton's law.
- 1855–60
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