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Definition: Absolute Temperature |
Absolute TemperatureNoun1. Temperature measured on the absolute scale (the International Practical Scale of Temperature). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Temperature value relative to absolute zero. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Temperature as measured above absolute zero. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Temperature reckoned from absolute zero. See also:temperature. (references) |
Space | Temperature in degrees centigrade (also known in this case as "degrees Kelvin" K) measured from the absolute zero of -273.1 C, the temperature at which all atomic and molecular motions are expected to cease. (references) |
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Crosswords: Absolute Temperature |
| English words defined with "absolute temperature": absolute scale ♦ Heat weight ♦ Isothermal line ♦ Kelvin scale ♦ Rankine scale ♦ third law of thermodynamics. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "absolute temperature": absolute pressure, absolute temperature scale, approximate absolute temperature scale ♦ Boltzmann constant ♦ Celsius grad, Celsius temperature, centigrade temperature scale, compound compression, Curie's law ♦ degrees Kelvin, degrees Rankine, Doppler broadening ♦ gas equation ♦ homogeneous atmosphere ♦ inner work function ♦ Kelvin temperature scale, kinematic viscosity ♦ normal temperature ♦ pH value ♦ Rankine temperature scale ♦ Stefan-Boltzmann constant, Stefan-Boltzmann Law ♦ temperature survey, tercentesimal thermometric scale, terrestrial radiation, thermal transpiration, thermodynamic temperature ♦ viscosity density ratio ♦ Wien distribution law ♦ Zinc Chloride Catalysts process. (references) |
Expression using "absolute temperature": approximate absolute temperature scale. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
absolute temperature zero | 7 |
absolute temperature | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "absolute temperature"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | absolut temperatur (thermodynamic temperature), termodynamisk temperatur (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Dutch | absolute temperatuur (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Finnish | absoluuttinen lämpötila (thermodynamic temperature), termodynaaminen lämpötila (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
French | température thermodynamique, température absolue. (various references) | |
German | absolute Temperatur (thermodynamic temperature), thermodynamische Temperatur (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Greek | απόλυτη θερμοκρασία (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Italian | temperatura termodinamica (thermodynamic temperature), temperatura assoluta (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 絶対温度 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜったいお"ど. (various references) | |
Manx | jarroo-hohaght. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absoluteay emperaturetay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | temperatura termodinâmica (thermodynamic temperature), temperatura absoluta (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Spanish | temperatura absoluta (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
Swedish | absolut temperatur (thermodynamic temperature), termodynamisk temperatur (thermodynamic temperature). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 73 6F 6C 75 74 65      54 65 6D 70 65 72 61 74 75 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110011 01101111 01101100 01110101 01110100 01100101 00100000 01010100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b s o l u t e   T e m p e r a t u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0073 006F 006C 0075 0074 0065      0054 0065 006D 0070 0065 0072 0061 0074 0075 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356885817887867125471798271846786878471 |
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