equilibrium temperature

collocation in English

meaningsofequilibriumandtemperature

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equilibrium
noun[S or U]
uk
/ˌek.wɪˈlɪb.ri.əm/us
/ˌiː.kwəˈlɪb.ri.əm/
a state ...
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temperature
noun
uk
/ˈtem.prə.tʃər/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
the measured amount of heat in a place or in ...
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(Definition ofequilibriumandtemperaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is found that theequilibriumtemperatureof porous grains is highly sensitive to their composition and radius.
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This difference becomes greater as the value of f increases until f=0.99, when theequilibriumtemperature is approximately 9% higher than that of a non-porous grain.
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To check these calculations, theequilibriumtemperaturewas also measured in a shallow bucket, insulated on the sides and bottom and left permanently in the vicinity of the flume.
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Astronomers use a hypothesized albedo and can then estimate theequilibriumtemperature.
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Because of the greenhouse effect, planets with atmospheres will have temperatures higher than theequilibriumtemperature.
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That was considered to be theequilibriumtemperatureof the deposit.
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Equilibriumtemperatureis used for planets without atmospheres.
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They found both, and were able to set theequilibriumtemperatureof the planet.
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This condition holds at the top of the chromosphere, where theequilibriumtemperatureis a few tens of thousands of kelvins.
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The (s) notation indicatesequilibriumtemperatureof vapor over solid.
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This, in turn, is crucial for determining theequilibriumtemperatureof a body.
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The heat spikes cools down to the ambient temperature in 1100 ps, so the temperature here does not correspond to thermodynamicequilibriumtemperature.
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If the gas pressure is reduced, the cooling effect will decrease, hence theequilibriumtemperatureof the wire will increase.
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Theequilibriumtemperatureis neither an upper nor lower bound on actual temperatures on a planet.
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Where these are not known, planetaryequilibriumtemperatureis frequently used, or the variable is inferred from other known attributes.
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For grains with f>0.5 the equilibrium temperatures of the grains are greater than for the bulk material.
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Intense cloud formation on the star-facing side of a tidally locked planet may reduce overall thermal flux and drastically reduceequilibriumtemperaturedifferences between the two sides of the planet.
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We can find out how much help a selective surface coating is by looking at theequilibriumtemperature of a plate that is being heated through solar radiation.
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The meteoroids are only heated to their maximum temperatures above their equilibrium temperatures for a short period, of the order of seconds.
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Heat from a relatively small component is transferred to the larger heatsink; theequilibriumtemperature of the component plus heatsink is much lower than the component's alone would be.
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