perfect gas

/pərˌfɛkt gæs/
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Other forms: perfect gases

Definitions of perfect gas
  1. noun
    a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces
    synonyms: ideal gas
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    type of:
    gas
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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