thermal capacity

American  

[thurm-uhl-kuh-pas-i-tee] / ˈθɜrm əl kəˈpæs ɪ ti /

noun

1. Thermodynamics. heat capacity.

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thermal capacity Scientific  

1. See heat capacity

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Example Sentences

"So for the moment thermal capacity is required," he told Reuters.

From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2021

“Being able to put larger single GPUs required a different system architecture and more thermal capacity than that system was designed to accommodate,” revealed Federighi.

From The Verge • May 31, 2019

For pumps, batteries, your own electrical supplies, water, cooling, thermal capacity — all of those things that typically tend to go into a safety analysis study.

From The Verge • May 2, 2018

However, the comparison is not like-for-like: renewable capacity can only run at around a quarter to a third of the time on average while conventional thermal capacity can produce power without interruption.

From Reuters • Jan. 29, 2015

Owing to the fact that the specific heat or thermal capacity of mercury is only about one-thirtieth of that of water, it requires a considerable amount of melted mercury to produce the desired result.

From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by Phin, John