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isotherm

(Encyclopedia) isotherm, line drawn on a map of a particular region of the earth's surface connecting points of equal temperature; each point reflects one temperature reading or an average of several…

Rankine temperature scale

(Encyclopedia) Rankine temperature scale, temperature scale having an absolute zero, below which temperatures do not exist, and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit…

Kelvin temperature scale

(Encyclopedia) Kelvin temperature scale, a temperature scale having an absolute zero below which temperatures do not exist. Absolute zero, or 0K, is the temperature at which molecular energy is a…

Celsius temperature scale

(Encyclopedia) Celsius temperature scaleCelsius temperature scalesĕlˈsēəs [key], temperature scale according to which the temperature difference between the reference temperatures of the freezing and…

Senegal Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Senegal Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Senegalese Relations GEOGRAPHY…

Tonga Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Tonga Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Tonga Relations GEOGRAPHYTonga is an archipelago…

wind chill

(Encyclopedia) wind chill, the cooling effect of wind and temperature combined, expressed in terms of the effect produced by a lower, windless temperature, also called wind chill factor, wind chill…

free energy

(Encyclopedia) free energy or Gibbs free energy, quantity derived from the relationships between heat and work studied in thermodynamics and used as a measure of the relative stability of a physical…

Weather: The Take on Temperature

The Take on TemperatureWeatherMeasuring the AtmosphereThe Take on TemperatureIs the Pressure Getting to You?The Wind in the WillowsIt's Not the Heat, It's the HumidityMeasuring the RainPlacing the…