entry temperature
1temperature-sensitive mutant — noun (biology) A mutant organism able to grow at one temperature (the permissive temperature) but unable to do so at another (the restrictive temperature) • • • Main Entry: ↑temperature …
2temperature-humidity index — /tem peuhr euh cheuhr hyooh mid i tee/ or, often, / yooh , preuh , peuhr cheuhr , choor / a number representing an estimate of the effect of temperature and moisture on humans, computed by multiplying the sum of dry bulb and wet bulb temperature… …
3temperature coefficient — noun : a numerical value indicating the relation between a change in temperature and a simultaneous change in some other property (as solubility); specifically : the factor α in the equation Rt.Ro(1+αt) in which Rt equals the resistance of a… …
4have a temperature — To have a raised body temperature, a fever • • • Main Entry: ↑temperature * * * have a temperature be running a temperature phrase to have a temperature that is higher than normal, which means that you have a fever Thesaurus: to have or develop… …
5take someone's temperature — To use a thermometer to ascertain someone s body temperature, as part of diagnosis • • • Main Entry: ↑temperature …
6Color temperature — The CIE 1931 x,y chromaticity space, also showing the chromaticities of black body light sources of various temperatures (Planckian locus), and lines of constant correlated color temperature. Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light …
7run a temperature — phrasal : to have a fever * * * run a temperature To be feverish • • • Main Entry: ↑run * * * run a temperature/fever/ phrase to be very hot because you are ill …
8Re-Entry to Earth — Infobox Gundam Episode (MSG) Title= Re Entry to Earth episode no= 5 prod code= airdateJ airdateUS= July 27, 2001 Episode 2=Vote to Attack Episode 1=Escape From Luna II Current Episode=Re Entry to Earth Episode +1= Garma Strikes Episode +2= The… …
9ignition temperature — noun or ignition point : the lowest temperature at which a combustible substance when heated (as in a bath of molten metal) takes fire in air and continues to burn called also autogenous ignition temperature; compare fire point * * * ignition… …
10core temperature — noun : the temperature deep within a living body (as in the viscera) * * * core temperature noun (biology) The temperature towards the middle of an organism which is unaffected by the outside temperature • • • Main Entry: ↑core …
