Rankine Definition

raŋkin
adjective
Designating or of an absolute-temperature scale in which a measurement interval equals a Fahrenheit degree and in which 0° is equal to −459.69°F, so that the freezing point of water is 491.69°R.
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Rankine Sentence Examples

  • The standard of comparison generally adopted for this purpose is obtained by calculating the efficiency of an engine working according to the Rankine cycle.

  • These writings, however, corresponded to but one phase of Rankine's immense energy and many-sided character.

  • Patten in 1824; whilst in 1881 Rankine Kennedy resuscitated the idea for the purpose of exhausting filament electric lamps.

  • One or two chapters on the subject are also generally included in treatises on the steam engine, or other heat engines, such as those of Rankine, Perry or Ewing.

  • Of greater interest, particularly from a historical point of view, are the original papers of Joule, Thomson and Rankine, some of which have been reprinted in a collected form.

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RRARAN

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ENEINE

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