evaporative
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Amazon said its facilities rely on outside air for cooling about 90% of the time and use water-based evaporative cooling during the hottest periods of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
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purely ornamental grass in cities, as well as “inefficient industrial processes that use more water than needed due to outdated evaporative cooling systems.”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
At the headquarters of the opposition Congress party, a tent was set up outside, equipped with evaporative coolers, for waiting media.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
However, the ratio of evaporative heat lost to metabolic heat produced can be used to quantify a species' capacity for evaporative cooling and to make comparisons between species.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
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