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81Therm — The therm (symbol thm) is a non SI unit of heat energy equal to 100,000 British thermal units (BTU). It is approximately the energy equivalent of burning 100 cubic feet (often referred to as 1 Ccf) of natural gas. Since meters measure volume and… …
82Roots type supercharger — The Roots type supercharger or Roots blower is a positive displacement pump which operates by pulling air through a pair of meshing lobes not unlike a set of stretched gears. Air is trapped in pockets surrounding the lobes and carried from the… …
83Heat capacity — The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass one degree. Heat capacity may be calculated by multiplying the mass by the specific heat. California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms …
84calorie — The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree centigrade …
85British Thermal Unit — The heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 62 degrees Fahrenheit to 63 degrees Fahrenheit …
86metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …
87Calorie — A unit of food energy. In nutrition terms, the word calorie is used instead of the more precise scientific term kilocalorie. A kilocalorie represents the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one degree centigrade …
88steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
89heat — heatable, adj. heatful, adj. heatless, adj. heatlike, adj. /heet/, n. 1. the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth. 2. the condition or quality of being hot: the heat of an oven. 3. the degree of… …
90specific heat — Physics. 1. the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU s per pound per degree F. 2. (originally) the ratio of the thermal capacity of a substance to that of standard material. [1825 …
