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katathermometer

katathermometer is the alternative spelling of kata thermometer.

Meaning of kata thermometer

Noun

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

Forms of katathermometer

pluralkatathermometers

Questions about katathermometer

What is katathermometer the alternative spelling of?
Katathermometer is the alternative spelling of kata thermometer.

Words near katathermometer in the dictionary

  1. katastate
  2. katastates
  3. katastatic
  4. katastematic
  5. katasukashi
  6. katathermometer
  7. katathermometers
  8. katatonia
  9. katatonias
  10. katatonic
  11. katatonics

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