absolute temperature

noun

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Absolute temperature is without influence, provided every trace of air or foreign gas be got rid of.

At a constant pressure the volume of a given mass of gas is proportional to its absolute temperature.

The absolute temperature is obtained by adding 461 to the reading in degrees Fahrenheit (F.).

In order to determine this, the absolute temperature of the steam at admission and exhaust pressures must be known.

From black bodies, as we have seen, the total radiation varies as the fourth power of the absolute temperature.

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