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barocaloric

barocaloric adjective: producing heat when under pressure.

Adjective

barocaloric (not comparable)

  1. Producing heat when under pressure
    • Here we introduce a new material that not only displays giant barocaloric (hydrostatic-pressure-induced) properties, but also a large magnetocaloric response near room temperature.2016, Tapas Samanta, Pol Lloveras, Ahmad Us Saleheen, Daniel L. Lepkowski, Emily Kramer, Igor Dubenko, Philip W. Adams, David P. Young, Maria Barrio, Josep Ll. Tamarit, Naushad Ali, Shane Stadler...

Origin of barocaloric

From baro- + caloric.

Questions about barocaloric

What does barocaloric mean?
Barocaloric means producing heat when under pressure.
What part of speech is barocaloric?
Barocaloric is an adjective.

Words near barocaloric in the dictionary

  1. baro't sayas
  2. baro-
  3. Baroach
  4. baroafferent
  5. Barobo
  6. barocaloric
  7. barocalorics
  8. barocco
  9. baroceptor
  10. baroceptors
  11. barochamber

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