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kata thermometer

kata thermometer noun: a device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified drop (100° to 95°F).

Noun (1)

kata thermometer (plural kata thermometers)

  1. (measuring instrument) A device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified drop (100° to 95°F).
    • Though the kata-thermometer was originally designed for measuring human comfort, it afterwards turned out to be far more useful as an anemometer.1945, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (Great Britain), The Building Services Engineer, Volume 13, page 90
    • Leonard Hill (1914, 1919) introduced his kata thermometer for the measurement of the "cooling power" of the environment.1953, Thomas Bedford, Thermal Factors in the Environment which Influence Fatigue, Alan Traviss Welford, Symposium on Fatigue and Symposium on Human Factors in Equipment Design, page 9

Noun (2) capitalized: Kata thermometer

Kata thermometer (plural Kata thermometers)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of kata thermometer.

Forms of kata thermometer

pluralkata thermometers
alternative formcatathermometer
alternative formkatathermometer
alternative formkata-thermometer
alternative formKata thermometer
alternative formKata-thermometer
pluralKata thermometers

Origin of kata thermometer

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”).

Questions about kata thermometer

What does kata thermometer mean?
Kata thermometer means a device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified drop (100° to 95°F).
What part of speech is kata thermometer?
Kata thermometer is a noun.
What is the plural of kata thermometer?
The plural of kata thermometer is kata thermometers.

Words near kata thermometer in the dictionary

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

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