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k-value

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
k--val-ue
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thermal conductivity; the time of rate of heat flow through a unit area of a homogeneous material in a direction perpendicular to isothermal planes induced by a unit temperature gradient. In English (inch-pound) units of measurement; it is the number of BTUs that pass through a 1 inch thickness of a square foot sample of material in 1 hour with a temperature difference between the two surfaces of 1 degree F.

Inflected Forms

k-values (plural)

Questions

What does k-value mean?
Thermal conductivity; the time of rate of heat flow through a unit area of a homogeneous material in a direction perpendicular to isothermal planes induced by a unit temperature gradient. In English (inch-pound) units of measurement; it is the number of BTUs that pass through a 1 inch thickness of a square foot sample of material in 1 hour with a temperature difference between the two surfaces of 1 degree F.

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