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coldness

Syllables: cold·nessUK/ˈkəʊldnəs//ˈkoʊldnəs/

coldness noun: the relative lack of heat.

Noun

coldness (countable and uncountable, plural coldnesses)

  1. The relative lack of heat.
  2. The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures.
  3. Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness.
    Synonyms:
    frost
  4. The reciprocal of absolute temperature.
    • The coldness is the reciprocal of absolute temperature.1969, W. A. Day, Morton E. Gurtin, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, volume 33, number 1, Springer, pages 26–32
    • (article title) The coldness, a universal function in thermoelastic bodies.1971, Ingo Müller, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, volume 41, number 5, Springer, pages 319–332

coldness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

coldness in Hindi

coldness, cold
जाड़ा jāṛā

coldness in Tamil

coldness, chilliness
குளிர் kuḷir
coldness, frigidity; stiffness
விறைப்பு viṟaippu

coldness in Urdu

coldness, coolness, chillness
برودت burūdat

coldness in Bengali

coldness; winter
জাড় jaṛ
coldness, cold
হিম him
More languagesFewer languages
coldness in Telugu
చల్లదనము calladanamu
coldness in Malayalam
ശീതളം śītaḷaṁ
coldness in Kannada
ತಣ್ಣಸ, ತಣ್ಣಸು, ಅಯ್ಕಿಲ್, ಅಯ್ಕಿಲು
coldness in Sanskrit
शीतल śītala, जाड्य jāḍya
coldness in Tagalog
lamig
coldness in Arabic
بُرُودَة burūda
coldness in Persian
سرما sarmâ, سردی sardi
coldness in Thai
ความเย็น kwaam-yen

Examples of coldness in a sentence

  • This function will be called the coldness, its equilibrium value will be the reciprocal of absolute temperature.1972, Ingo Müller, Entropy, Absolute Temperature, and Coldness in Thermodynamics: Boundary Conditions in Porous Materials Archive for...
  • (article title) Coldness and Temperature.1975, J. Meixner, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, volume 57, number 3, Springer, pages 281–290:
  • α is called the affinity, β the inverse temperature or coldness, and γ the free expansion coefficient.1995, Claude Garrod, Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Oxford University Press, page 111:

All 11 example sentences with coldness

Synonyms of coldness

Forms of coldness

pluralcoldnesses

Origin of coldness

From Middle English coldnesse, from Old English cealdness, cealdnys (“coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaldanassī (“coldness”), equivalent to cold + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian kâldens (“coldness”), Middle Low German koldenisse, kōldenisse (“coldness”), Middle High German kaltnisse, keltnisse (“coldness”).

Questions about coldness

What does coldness mean?
Coldness means the relative lack of heat.
What is coldness in Hindi?
Coldness in Hindi is जाड़ा (jāṛā). See Coldness meaning in Hindi.
How do you use coldness in a sentence?
This function will be called the coldness, its equilibrium value will be the reciprocal of absolute temperature.
What part of speech is coldness?
Coldness is a noun.
How do you pronounce coldness?
Coldness is pronounced /ˈkoʊldnəs/ (US).
What is the plural of coldness?
The plural of coldness is coldnesses.

Words near coldness in the dictionary

  1. Colditz
  2. coldlier
  3. coldlike
  4. coldly
  5. Coldmeece
  6. coldness
  7. coldnesses
  8. Coldon
  9. Coldons
  10. Coldplayer
  11. Coldplayers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: coldness (page history and authors); जाड़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); குளிர் (Tamil) (page history and authors); برودت (Urdu) (page history and authors); জাড় (Bengali) (page history and authors); ശീതളം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); coldness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जाड्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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