absolute temperature
Britishnoun
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Nor is the absolute temperature itself the key metric; what is important is whether the temperature surpasses records set in the same place over the last 72 years.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
The spontaneity of a process, as reflected in the arithmetic sign of its free energy change, is then determined by the signs of the enthalpy and entropy changes and, in some cases, the absolute temperature.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Second, it’s not about the absolute temperature or the absolute amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
From Forbes • Jul. 28, 2013
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in whose honour the absolute temperature scale is now named, was among the most distinguished scientists of the late 19th century.
From Scientific American • Jan. 25, 2013
The formula for thermal efficiency is: T1 - T2 ——— T1 in which T1 = absolute temperature of steam at initial pressure.
From Steam Engines Machinery's Reference Series, Number 70 by Anonymous
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