Biot number
(also Biot's number) Physics
noun
A dimensionless parameter used in calculations of heat transfer between a solid and a surrounding liquid or gas in a state other than a steady state.
- The Biot number is proportional to the ratio of the thermal resistance of the solid to that of the fluid adjacent to its surface..
Origin
1940s.
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