Definition of Standard temperature

1. Noun. Exactly zero degrees centigrade.

Generic synonyms: C, Degree Celsius, Degree Centigrade
Specialized synonyms: S.t.p., Stp

Medical Definition of Standard temperature

1. A temperature of 0°C or 273.15° absolute (Kelvin). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Standard Temperature

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standard temperature (current term)
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Literary usage of Standard temperature

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Gray (1896)
"REDUCTION OF BAROMETRIC HEIGHT TO standard temperature. ... The standard temperature is o° C. for the metric system, and a8u.5 F. for the English system. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... taken at some fixed standard temperature. The temperature of melting ice is adopted, by universal consent, as the standard to which the "apparent" ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... at a standard temperature T0. We have only to reverse the operation, and change back this standard state to each of the others in turn. ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... at a standard temperature To. We have only to reverse the operation, and change back this standard state to each of the others in turn. ..."

5. Scientific papers of the Bureau of Standards by United States National Bureau of Standards (1911)
"Accordingly the resistivity as found at any temperature may be reduced to standard temperature simply by adding one of these constants multiplied by ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"For purposes of ordinary chemical calculation it may be assumed with sufficient accuracy that 1 gram of air measures at standard temperature and pressure ..."

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