B.T.U.

American  

Or BTU,

abbreviation

Physics.

1. British thermal unit; British thermal units.

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btu ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. US abbreviation: BTU.  British thermal unit

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BTU ² British  

abbreviation

1. Board of Trade Unit

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Btu Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of British thermal unit

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Example Sentences

The issue is driven by fracking, which has lowered the price of a million B.T.U. of gas to the range of $3.25, down 75 percent from its recent peak.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2013

And with a 10,000 B.T.U. side-burner, it’s ready for anything.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2012

The amount of steam needed to produce a barrel of oil varies according to the age of the field, but 2 million B.T.U. per barrel is typical.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011

The B.T.U. appealed the court order, but last week the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, in effect leaving the layoff scheme in place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Net calorific value per pound of fuel 15050 B.T.U.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.