evaporative
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Related executives explained to residents that its planned data center would use a recycled liquid to cool the data center rather than evaporative cooling, which can strain the local water system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
It said for the remaining 5% of the year, when ambient temperatures exceed 29.4°C, they use evaporative cooling.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
They pointed to the watering of purely ornamental grass in cities, as well as “inefficient industrial processes that use more water than needed due to outdated evaporative cooling systems.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
Dridi's studies on poultry house sprinkler systems kept the humidity lower than the industry standard method and used significantly less water than evaporative cooling cells.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2024
In this investigation we measured basal and thermoregulatory metabolism, evaporative water loss, and body temperature of raccoons from north central Virginia.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.
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