kata thermometer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified drop (100° to 95°F).
    — 1945, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (Great Britain), The Building Services Engineer, Volume 13, page 90, Though the kata-thermometer was originally designed for measuring human comfort, it afterwards turned out to be far more useful as an anemometer.

词形变化

kata thermometers plural catathermometer alternative katathermometer alternative kata-thermometer alternative Kata thermometer alternative Kata-thermometer alternative

词源

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”).
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