单词 | virtual temperature |
释义 | > as lemmasvirtual temperature virtual temperature n. the temperature that something would have to have in order to compensate for some physical effect; (in later use) Meteorology the temperature that dry air would have to have in order to have the same density as a given body of moist air when at the same pressure. [In the specific use in meteorology after French température virtuelle ( C. M. Guldberg & H. Mohn Études sur les mouvements de l'atmosphère (1876) i. i. 6).] ΚΠ 1871 Nature 13 July 204/1 This high temperature, besides, is really a virtual temperature, as..this body at the outer shell must certainly be at a lower temperature. 1910 C. Abbe tr. C. M. Guldberg & H. Mohn in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 51 No. 4. 124 We call the quantity T the virtual temperature; for dry air the virtual temperature is the same as the absolute temperature. 2006 J. M. Wallace & P. V. Hobbs Atmospheric Sci. iii. 67/2 Even for very warm and moist air, the virtual temperature exceeds the actual temperature by only a few degrees. < as lemmas |
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