Degree+of+temperature

  • 51degree — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French degré, from Vulgar Latin *degradus, from Latin de + gradus Date: 13th century 1. a step or stage in a process, course, or order of classification < advanced by degrees > 2 …

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  • 52Degree Angular Scale Interferometer — The Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI) was a telescope located in Antarctica. It was a 13 element interferometer operating between 26 and 36&#160;GHz in ten bands. The instrument is similar in design to the Cosmic Background Imager and&#8230; …

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  • 53degree — de•gree [[t]dɪˈgri[/t]] n. 1) any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale 2) cvb a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy[/ex] …

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  • 54degree — /dəˈgri / (say duh gree) noun 1. a step or stage in an ascending or descending scale, or in a course or process. 2. Genetics, Law, etc. a certain distance or remove in the line of descent or consanguinity. 3. a stage in a scale of rank or&#8230; …

  • 55degree*/*/*/ — [dɪˈgriː] noun 1) [C] a unit for measuring temperature, that is often shown as a number followed by the symbol ° It will probably be a few degrees colder by the weekend.[/ex] 2) [C] a unit for measuring angles, that is often shown as a number&#8230; …

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  • 56temperature–humidity index — ▪ meteorological measurement       combination of temperature and humidity that is a measure of the degree of discomfort experienced by an individual in warm weather; it was originally called the discomfort index. The index is essentially an&#8230; …

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  • 57degree Fahrenheit — (°F)    a traditional unit of temperature still used customarily in the United States. The unit was defined by the German physicist Daniel G. Fahrenheit (1686 1736), who also invented the mercury thermometer. Fahrenheit set 0° at the coldest&#8230; …

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  • 58degree-day — de•gree day [[t]dɪˈgriˌdeɪ[/t]] n. mer one degree of departure, on a single day, of the daily mean temperature from a given standard temperature …

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  • 59degree-day — Unit that represents one degree of difference from inside temperature and the average outdoor temperature for one day; often used in estimating fuel requirements for a building …

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  • 60temperature unit — noun a unit of measurement for temperature • Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit • Hyponyms: ↑degree, ↑millidegree, ↑kelvin, ↑K, ↑Rankine, ↑degree day …

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