CONSTANT
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There are 22 entries related to CONSTANT in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.
Meaning no. 1/6 (2 senses as a noun, 4 senses as an adjective): Persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
(electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).
The rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the reciprocal of the Hubble constant is the age of the universe
English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
It's a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element
It's a quantity that does not vary
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the reciprocal of the Hubble constant is the age of the universe
The constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second
It's a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)
Constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant
(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)
It's an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory
The equilibrium constant for a reversible dissociation
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight
The constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
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