calorific value
Americannoun
noun
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Ten years ago, we were the first brand to make transparent the calorific value of our food, and then everybody followed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
Due to its low calorific value, burning garbage to produce energy is highly inefficient.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2010
In Bermondsey, for example, the refuse has been found to possess an unusually high calorific value, and this experience is confirmed in other parts of the metropolis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
In it are installed apparatus for determining calorific value of explosives, pressure produced on ignition, susceptibility to ignition when dropped, rate of detonation, length and duration of flame, and kindred factors.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Herbert M. Wilson
Here are interesting facts, yet few housewives are acquainted with them: Fat contains more than twice the amount of energy-yielding power or calorific value of proteids or carbohydrates.
From The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil
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