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mechanocaloric

mechanocaloric adjective: describing the production of heat by mechanical means, but especially the heating of liquid helium as some of it (the coldest atoms) escapes through minute pores.

Adjective

mechanocaloric (not comparable)

  1. Describing the production of heat by mechanical means, but especially the heating of liquid helium as some of it (the coldest atoms) escapes through minute pores.

Origin of mechanocaloric

From mechano- + caloric.

Questions about mechanocaloric

What does mechanocaloric mean?
Mechanocaloric means describing the production of heat by mechanical means, but especially the heating of liquid helium as some of it (the coldest atoms) escapes through minute pores.
What part of speech is mechanocaloric?
Mechanocaloric is an adjective.

Words near mechanocaloric in the dictionary

  1. mechanobiologically
  2. mechanobiology
  3. mechanobioregulatory
  4. mechanoblistering
  5. mechanobullous
  6. mechanocaloric
  7. mechanocardiogram
  8. mechanocardiograms
  9. mechanocardiographic
  10. mechanocardiography
  11. mechanocellular

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