kata factor
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.
Example Sentences
- "The Kata factor is changed to B.t.u. per square foot by multiplying by 0.003687."
- "These workers believe that on account of these convection currents the kata factor varies with the temperature. In our opinion, the kata factor cannot vary; it is the coefficient of heat transmission — heat transmission per unit of time[…]."
- "Each type of thermometer has a specific kata factor inscribed on its stem."
- "A Kata factor, which is the amount of heat lost from the bulb surface during cooling (typically 475 mcal/cm² of bulb surface as the thermometer cools through 2.8°C), is inscribed on the stem."