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power factor

British

noun

(in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps

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Band convergence is considered a good approach for improving thermoelectric materials because it increases the thermoelectric power factor, which is related to the actual output power of the thermoelectric module.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

The combination of extremely high electrical conductivity and simultaneously a high Seebeck coefficient leads to record thermoelectric power factor values in nickel-gold alloys, which exceed those of conventional semiconductors by far.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

Rewrite the radicand as a product using the greatest perfect fourth power factor.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Explain why it would be better to improve the power factor as a method of improving the motor’s output, rather than to increase the voltage input.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Serbia “must be eliminated as a power factor in the Balkans,” warned Count Leopold von Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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