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absolute temperature

noun

  1. another name for thermodynamic temperature

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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PhD candidate Frederick Held adds: "Until now, we have been able to describe the trends, but it would be great if we were able to establish an absolute temperature value."

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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.

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This heat wave will have lower absolute temperatures in part because the event will happen a month earlier than the 2021 heat dome.

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Thermal cameras do not measure absolute temperature but rather the difference in energy emitted between one object and another.

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For those who like the details, the speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature.

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