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Waals, Johannes Diderik van der

(Encyclopedia)Waals, Johannes Diderik van der: see van der Waals, Johannes Diderik. ...

van der Waals, Johannes Diderik

(Encyclopedia)van der Waals, Johannes Diderik yōhäˈnəs dēˈdərĭk vän dər väls [key], 1837–1923, Dutch physicist. It had been known for some time that the behavior of real gases differs from that of an i...

van der Waals equation

(Encyclopedia)van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...

van der Waals forces

(Encyclopedia)van der Waals forces: see intermolecular forces. ...

Meer, Jan van der

(Encyclopedia)Meer, Jan or Johannes van der: see Vermeer, Jan. ...

Van der Meer, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Van der Meer, Jan or Johannes, Dutch painter of Delft: see Vermeer, Jan. ...

gas laws

(Encyclopedia)gas laws, physical laws describing the behavior of a gas under various conditions of pressure, volume, and temperature. Experimental results indicate that all real gases behave in approximately the sa...

intermolecular forces

(Encyclopedia)intermolecular forces, forces that are exerted by molecules on each other and that, in general, affect the macroscopic properties of the material of which the molecules are a part. Such forces may be ...

Neer, Aert van der

(Encyclopedia)Neer, Aert van der ärt vän dĕr nār [key], c.1603–77, Dutch landscape painter. Working mostly in Amsterdam, he excelled in painting unusual light effects, such as moonlight, sunsets, conflagratio...

Noot, Jan van der

(Encyclopedia)Noot, Jan van der yän vän dĕr nōt [key], b. 1539 or 1540, d. 1595?, Flemish poet. He wrote sonnets, odes, and other pieces in imitation of Petrarch and especially of Ronsard. ...