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kata factor

kata factor noun: a conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.

Noun

kata factor (plural kata factors)

  1. A conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.
    • The Kata factor is changed to B.t.u. per square foot by multiplying by 0.003687.1924, Journal of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Volume 30, American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, page 455
    • These workers believe that on account of these convection currents the kata factor varies with the temperature. In our opinion, the kata factor cannot vary; it is the coefficient of heat transmission — heat transmission per unit of time[…].1929, American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, The Journal of Industrial Hygiene, volume 11, page 282

Examples of kata factor in a sentence

  • Each type of thermometer has a specific kata factor inscribed on its stem.2006, G. M. Dhaar, I. Robbani, Foundations of Community Medicine, page 41:
  • A Kata factor, which is the amount of heat lost from the bulb surface during cooling (typically 475 mcal/cm² of bulb surface as the thermometer cools through 2.8°C), is inscribed on the stem.2007, David Vincent Chadderton, Building Services Engineering, page 17:

Forms of kata factor

pluralkata factors
alternative formKata factor

Questions about kata factor

What does kata factor mean?
Kata factor means a conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.
How do you use kata factor in a sentence?
Each type of thermometer has a specific kata factor inscribed on its stem.
What part of speech is kata factor?
Kata factor is a noun.
What is the plural of kata factor?
The plural of kata factor is kata factors.

Words near kata factor in the dictionary

  1. Kaszas
  2. Kaszuba
  3. Kaszubas
  4. kat
  5. kata
  6. kata factor
  7. kata factors
  8. Kata Kolok
  9. kata thermometer
  10. kata thermometers
  11. Kata Tjuta

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