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carnot cycle
an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state -
cold
Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable. -
fever
an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions. -
absolute temperature scale
temperature (absolute temperature) as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero (absolute zero) as the Kelvin scale. -
celsius
Celsius is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C. -
color temperature
a temperature defined in terms of the temperature of a black body at which it emits light of a specified spectral distribution: used to specify the color of a light source.