Definition of Boltzmann's constant in English:

Boltzmann's constant


  • The ratio of the gas constant to Avogadro's number, equal to 1.381 × 10–²³ joules per kelvin in the case where the number of molecules is equal to Avogadro's number.

    • ‘Boltzmann's constant, calculated from the pooled data of several observers, is in excellent agreement with the accepted value.’
    • ‘We see that the temperature of a brick is just the average energy per harmonic oscillator in the brick divided by Boltzmann's constant.’