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  • 51Scale, centigrade — Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point of water at sea level is 100°C. The Centigrade scale is used around most of the world to indicate the temperature on a thermometer while the Fahrenheit scale is… …

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  • 52Scale, Fahrenheit — Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The Fahrenheit scale is still obstinately in use in the US. This anachronism requires conversion from Centigrade (°C) to Fahrenheit (°F), and… …

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  • 53temperature — /ˈtɛmprətʃə / (say tempruhchuh) noun 1. a property of a body or substance which determines the rate at which heat will be transferred to or from it. As this is related to the kinetic energies of the constituent atoms, ions, or molecules of the… …

  • 54température Kelvin — Kelvino temperatūra statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Temperatūra pagal Kelvino temperatūros skalę. atitikmenys: angl. Kelvin temperature; temperature on the Kelvin scale vok. Kelvin Temperatur, f rus. температура… …

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  • 55Celsius Scale — temperature scale in which there are 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points, centigrade scale (named after Anders Celsius) …

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  • 56scale — the oxidized surface of steel produced during hot working, as in rolling, and by exposure to air or steam at elevated temperature …

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  • 57Thermodynamic temperature — is the absolute measure of temperature and is one of the principal parameters of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic temperature is an “absolute” scale because it is the measure of the fundamental property underlying temperature: its null or zero point …

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  • 58Color 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 …

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  • 59Rankine scale — For the idealized thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine, see Rankine cycle. For the scale measuring recovery after stroke, see modified Rankin scale. Rankine temperature conversion formulae from Rankine to Rankine Celsius… …

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  • 60Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology — A history of temperature measurement and pressure measurement technology.Timeline800s* 800s mdash; Differential pressure controls developed by the Banū Mūsā brothers. [citation|title=Ancient Discoveries, Episode 12: Machines of the East|publisher …

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