working fluid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of working fluid
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Water is used as the working fluid because of its large heat capacity and heat of vaporization.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
A working fluid such as a non-CFC refrigerant is used.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The difference is that instead of starting at room temperature the working fluid ends up there, and starts instead at -196°C, the boiling point of nitrogen.
From Economist • May 7, 2015
This "working fluid" would carry energy to one or more jet engines, heating their air blast by a sort of high temperature radiator.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ratio θ′ / θ″ is rγ−1, where r is the given ratio of expansion or compression, and γ is the ratio of the specific heats of the working fluid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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