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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a temperature gauge
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The oil temperature gauge was twice its normal reading.
a temperature rise
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They predicted a global temperature rise of 2.5 degrees by the end of the century.
body temperature
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Exercise will raise your body temperature.
room temperature
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The wine should be served at room temperature.
sub-zero weather/temperatures
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ambient
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Odour emissions are affected by wind direction, temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
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The ambient temperature in Celsius is roughly equal to the number of cricket chirps in 8 seconds plus 5.
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The water in the aquarium will quickly equal the ambient air temperature .
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If you space heat then you will have an ambient temperature of 75-80°F and even higher humidity.
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Homeothermy or Homoiothermy Temperature regulation in tachymetabolic species in which core temperatures remain roughly steady despite ambient temperature changes.
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The ambient temperature for each day of the study was determined from local weekly weather statistics.
average
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It should cause a fall of around 0.5 degrees Centigrade, taking average temperatures back to those of the 1950s and 60s.
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The average 1995 worldwide temperature was 59. 7 degrees, or the equivalent of a summer day in London.
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The average daily temperature from October to December is around 88 degrees Farenheit with nine hours of sunshine per day.
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An ice age begins slowly, almost imperceptibly, when the average temperature drops by a few degrees.
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Of more practical importance than estimates of global annual average temperature increase is that of resulting regional and seasonal changes.
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The plant is more suitable for Zone 10 conditions, where the average minimum temperatures are 30-40 degrees.
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The average temperature rise over all areas was 0.59 degrees.
cold
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The batteries should not be exposed to excessive heat or cold temperatures , or exposed to moisture.
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The limiting factor for early planting is more often waterlogged soil than cold temperatures .
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The winters are long and very cold , with temperatures ranging between -16°C and -48°C from October to March.
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The market lost its earlier gains on perceptions the coldest temperatures came in areas where previous frost damage forced an early harvest.
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The colder the temperature , the more fat reserves a bird needs to maintain body warmth.
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Change the water every 30 minutes to maintain the cold temperature .
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In cold temperatures the eggs are very resistant and can survive for over a year in soil.
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Expect very cold temperatures and true winter conditions.
constant
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They estimated that it would take them four months to build the cells, the measuring equipment and constant temperature baths.
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Thus the plants have a constant temperature in both leaves and roots.
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His law states that gas volume varies inversely with pressure at constant temperature .
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Below the frost line, the ground maintains a more constant temperature of about 55 degrees year-round.
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Under reasonably constant temperature conditions, the prototype unit provided a time period of 24 hours within two or three minutes.
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It emerges from the base of the massive Navajo Dam at constant temperatures and even flows.
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In practice the polymer solution is held at a constant temperature while precipitant is added to the stirred solution.
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Light intensity is linearly controlled with constant colour temperature and light emission angle.
different
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Figure 3.7 shows graphically the Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions of molecular speeds at two different temperatures .
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Do you want different temperatures in the living room and the bedroom?
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All gauges are carefully monitored with regular readings taken to establish the performance of the engine at different settings and temperatures .
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They're available in various weights to suit different temperatures .
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Now you can have different temperatures in every part of your home when you want them.
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A composite isothermal curve covering the required extensive time scale can then be constructed from data collected at different temperatures .
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Not all magmas have the same composition, and magmas with different compositions melt at different temperatures .
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Of course different clays can withstand different firing temperatures before they vitrify and lose their structural integrity.
global
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The worst case scenario suggests aircraft could be responsible for up to 43 percent of the projected rise in global temperature .
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In the last nine thousand years there has been only a single global temperature excursion larger than 0. 5 degrees!
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Of more practical importance than estimates of global annual average temperature increase is that of resulting regional and seasonal changes.
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Palaeoclimate reconstructions indicate that the meridional temperature gradients decrease, and poleward heat flow increases, as global mean temperature increases.
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It's sending back measurements of global sea surface temperatures , with very high accuracy.
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The predictions are based on a rise in global temperatures of 1 degree centigrade by 2025.
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Fast albedo feedbacks are too weak to change global temperature significantly without global mean radiative forcing.
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But internationally agreed carbon taxes, permits and rising global temperatures may push the world along the road towards accepting the unacceptable.
high
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On take-off, for example, it would result in excessively high combustion temperatures and detonation.
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The plant is sensitive to alkaline conditions and prefers cool waters but temporarily withstands higher temperatures .
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Earlier workers failed; one reason was that they did not have the technology to reach the necessary high temperatures and pressures.
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The high core temperatures could also be used to support a theory that became fashionable among geophysicists during the l980s.
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Its highest temperature is 32 KeV, density 1.2 × 10 20 and energy retention time 1.2 seconds.
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The collisions generated extremely high temperatures and pressures.
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Their natural habitat is the Amazonian jungle with a high temperature and humidity.
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A stream of water is pumped into a hot reactor, where it boils and is heated to very high temperatures .
internal
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Eventually the internal pressure and temperature rise sufficiently for thermonuclear fusion to begin.
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Both say an oven as low as 140 degrees would not take the meat to the 160-degree internal temperature needed for safety.
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Initially the gravitational self-attraction of the stellar material leads to large internal pressures and temperatures which can ignite thermonuclear burning.
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Fully cooked ham are heated to an internal temperature of 150-F.
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Lund's paper assumes a house with an internal temperature varying on an annual basis between 170C and 270C.
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Cooked poultry roasts must have been heated to an internal temperature of 160-F.
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Occupiers also raise the internal temperature , thereby increasing the stack effect.
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Most of the recipes in this book will give an internal temperature recommendation rather than a minutes-per-pound guideline.
low
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It does well at the lower temperature , and will take some time to adapt to the temperatures above 70°F.
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The heat can penetrate combustible materials, alter their composition and make them ignite at lower temperatures .
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This type is illustrated in Figure 5.6, which shows the pendulum used at Bristol for studies at low temperatures in vacuum.
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But salt water has a lower freezing temperature than plain water.
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Because of its preference for lower temperatures , this is an ideal plant for the garden pool.
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For many years, doctors believed that the lower temperature could reduce the chance of bacterial growth and infection.
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By 22 October 1995, the lowest temperature recorded for the bedroom for the forthcoming winter was 200C.
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Surgeons and their surgical teams, dressed in watertight garb, also found the low temperatures more comfortable.
maximum
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The temperature at point C is the maximum temperature at which two phases can form.
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On a thirty-hour journey they passed through a maximum temperature of over two thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
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It is recommended that samples be stored at mean maximum temperature and mean maximum humidity appropriate to the market concerned.
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The maximum temperature to which a melt is heated is also critical.
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Bonfire firings are generally quicker than kilns and a deal less controlled, with their maximum temperatures being held briefly.
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It is therefore particularly suitable for estimating maximum temperature exposure or maximum depth of burial.
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In the Sonoran desert, average summer temperatures are around 40C, and maximum temperatures may exceed 55C.
mean
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This behaviour is similar to the observed evolution of the mean temperature in the lower stratosphere during 1984 and 1989.
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The mean temperature in Champagne is 10.53°C sheltered at 2 metres above the ground and 11.21°C at 0.2 metres above the ground.
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Palaeoclimate reconstructions indicate that the meridional temperature gradients decrease, and poleward heat flow increases, as global mean temperature increases.
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Since then they have been both warmer and colder, with oscillations of the order of 1-2°C about annual mean temperatures .
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It is recommended that samples be stored at mean maximum temperature and mean maximum humidity appropriate to the market concerned.
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The long-range forecast prophesies Mean temperatures and azure skies.
normal
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Make sure you choose a model that can increase the normal temperature to that required for propagation.
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An air conditioner to maintain normal room temperature is advisable.
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Carbon monoxide and oxygen are both gases at normal Mars-surface temperatures and pressures.
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In fact, from its formula one would expect it to be a gas at normal temperatures but it is a liquid.
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The alloy of which they were made age-hardened quickly at normal temperatures , and all rivets had to be chilled before use.
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Leave the refrigerator at the normal temperature setting.
■ NOUN
air
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The snow may crust at night, due to outward radiation, even thought the air temperature remains well above freezing point.
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It is calculated using rainfall averages and monthly mean surface and air temperatures .
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June Brilliant sun, warm seas, pleasant air temperatures , warm nights.
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The outside air temperature was above minimum, but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway, just to be sure.
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Similar air temperatures are observed today in geographically equivalent temperate high latitudes.
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The water in the aquarium will quickly equal the ambient air temperature .
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Once air temperatures have fallen well below freezing point, frozen spray accumulates along the shore.
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The outside air temperature gauge proved very accurate - immediately we entered the red we started to collect ice.
body
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They pick up the infant's heartbeat, respiration rate, body temperature , and so on.
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Exercise will raise your body temperature , allowing you to adjust to your new circadian rhythm.
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Extrapolating this knowledge to a 10-ton dinosaur, they calculated that a one-degree rise in body temperature would take some 86 hours.
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In addition, body temperature begins to drop and muscles begin to relax.
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In this way body temperature was kept constant and the evaporation of water from abdominal tissues was minimised.
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By this time Snyder was lapsing in and out of consciousness and his body temperature was fluctuating wildly.
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The result is a dramatic increase in body temperature , until at 43 ° C death occurs.
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In the evening, body temperature begins to decrease in preparation for sleep.
change
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In Example 12 the temperature change over a time interval was to be worked out.
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The autonomic nervous system disperses and concentrates pigment throughout the body after external influences such as fear or temperature change .
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Ccontents is the specific heat capacity of the contents; and T is the temperature change of the contents.
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When the temperature changes , the timing period will vary by up to two minutes per degree approximately.
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Young babies, whose sensitivity to temperature change has not yet developed, are also particularly at risk.
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A giant cabinet sealed behind a double skin to protect it's exquisite exterior from dust and temperature change .
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Homeothermy or Homoiothermy Temperature regulation in tachymetabolic species in which core temperatures remain roughly steady despite ambient temperature changes .
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The stratigraphic record can at best link these two important phenomena - the emergence of species and the long-term atmospheric temperature changes .
control
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Recent success has seen a new temperature control product designed in conjunction with Marks &038; Spencer.
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For these folks, temperature control is a delicate balance.
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Humidity and temperature controls are turned up if any babies or children are brought in for operations.
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When the temperature control device is operating, Reclamation can have it both ways.
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It is vital for temperature control , for cleanliness, for waterproofing and for controlling the scent-signalling of the feline body.
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In all stores adequate ventilation should be provided as an aid to temperature control with mechanical air conditioning if needed.
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Room keys activate the temperature controls and turn on an entry light, so guests never enter a dark room.
difference
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Shaded areas indicate negative temperature difference .
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Consequently, the temperature contrast between them at any level is smaller than the temperature difference between top and bottom.
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It's very accurate, reacting to temperature differences of as little as 0.5°C.
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This heating is imposed before the vertical temperature difference and, of course, produces weak convection.
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If this were the end of the story then there would be large equator to pole temperature differences in the observed troposphere.
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The orientation of the rolls will depend on whatever small perturbations happen to be present as the temperature difference is raised.
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It took a billion measurements of the sky with an instrument that could detect temperature differences of one part in 100,000.
range
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Many reptiles have a preferred temperature range within internally regulated diurnal rhythms.
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Desert areas on Earth often have wide diurnal temperature ranges due to nighttime radiative cooling through very clear skies.
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A series of simple push-buttons on the solid state device enables the required temperature range to be set precisely.
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The temperature range can be between 68°F to 75°F - try not to exceed the maximum.
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The patient's normal temperature range is established following admission and checked regularly in the early post-operative period.
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The temperature range of the fish to be kept was from 70°s.
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And it grows best within a very precise temperature range of 30-31°C.
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And Sadia has also introduced a small controller, allowing the user to accurately set the required temperature range .
rise
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Since the temperature rise is usually small the temperature must be measured accurately.
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The enzyme is active between 130-F and 160-F and is inactivated as temperature rises during cooking.
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Some of this increase can be attributed to the evaporation of remaining nitric acid from the condensed phase as temperatures rise .
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The liquid is burnt in a plentiful supply of air and the temperature rise in the surrounding water bath is measured.
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Eventually the internal pressure and temperature rise sufficiently for thermonuclear fusion to begin.
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The average temperature rise over all areas was 0.59 degrees.
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As this temperature rise occurs after ovulation has already taken place, it can not predict ovulation in advance.
room
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Because of the low activation energies, such reactions are often readily reversible at room temperature .
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Glass that is near room temperature is a familiar brittle material, and modeling clay is obviously ductile.
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Choosing Choose fruit that's just softening; it will soon ripen at room temperature .
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To serve, cut into wedges and serve warm or at room temperature .
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The samples were incubated at 80°C for 3 min and at room temperature for 10 min.
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Defrost in the refrigerator, never at room temperature .
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Incubation was performed at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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Marinate for 2 to 3 hours at room temperature .
surface
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This means that its surface temperatures must be literally scorching, frequently reaching 700°C.
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Before very long on a planetary time scale the surface temperatures would reach Cytherean values.
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Patterns of air pressure, surface winds and sea surface temperatures are all interlinked.
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An initial surface temperature of 10° C has been assumed in all cases.
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It's sending back measurements of global sea surface temperatures , with very high accuracy.
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Mercurian surface temperatures have been determined from observations of thermal radiation from the planet's surface.
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The Cytherean atmosphere is far more massive than that of the Earth, and the surface temperatures are considerably higher.
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The temperature is about 700 K, about the same as the surface temperature everywhere on Venus.
water
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This senses the water temperature and sends a signal to the control box where it is processed in a microchip.
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A sudden change in water temperature can also be lethal.
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It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked.
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The water temperature should be at least 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A safety thermostat controls the water temperature , so ensuring constant pressure to give a consistent jet of cleansing steam.
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The water temperature had risen slightly, and for a few days we even saw an occasional flying fish.
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It is just more and more complex and difficult to achieve the right water temperature .
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The water temperature in 1996 was a quarter of a degree higher than the 50-year average.
■ VERB
drop
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A gas dropping in pressure also drops in temperature - the principle behind the household refrigerator.
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As you continued to measure temperatures , the temperature in the ceramic cup dropped faster than the temperature in the foam cup.
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Then they reduced humidity levels, cut back on lighting and dropped the temperatures from 75 degrees to about 70.
increase
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Make sure you choose a model that can increase the normal temperature to that required for propagation.
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The increasing temperature , the thinning ozone-these are signals about the correct size of our society.
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There is also a remarkable constancy of lamellar thickness, but this increases as the temperature increases.
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Vigorous exercise increases the core body temperature by about two degrees Fahrenheit.
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I think it will be the hay that increases the temperature .
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Some computer models suggest greenhouse gases may increase world temperatures from two to seven degrees Fahrenheit over the next fifty years.
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Readings were only normal when I was walking, perhaps because of the tendency of exertion to increase body temperature .
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This enhancement of the greenhouse effect leads to increasing Earth-surface temperatures and global climate change.
keep
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The heat from the mass of bodies packed within keeps the temperature around 100°F.
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Overcast skies forecast for today should serve to keep temperatures cool.
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Take paracetamol to keep your temperature down.
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Those who were kept at normal temperatures had notably fewer problems after surgery.
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You sweat to keep your body temperature down.
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It boasts an ideal cool climate for the grape, as bodies of water near the vineyards keep temperatures moderate.
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They keep the temperature so high you can't adjust when you come out, and everyone gets ill.
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C, as they seem more susceptible to the disease when kept at lower temperatures .
lower
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Keeping the heat inside Sitting in a draughty room will lower your body temperature and make you feel cold and uncomfortable.
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They then fan the water so that it evaporates and in doing so lowers the temperature .
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To cool, the motor forces air out of the box, so lowering the temperature .
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The heat evaporates the water and this also lowers the temperature .
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In Winter lower the temperature to around 66°F.
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Uplifted sediments would be brought from their depth-related temperature regime and subjected to lower temperatures at higher structural levels.
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A spray of fresh mineral water will lower your body's temperature instantly.
maintain
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An air conditioner to maintain normal room temperature is advisable.
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Change the water every 30 minutes to maintain the cold temperature .
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The bees also have other ways of maintaining an even temperature within the nest.
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Below the frost line, the ground maintains a more constant temperature of about 55 degrees year-round.
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However, once it is triggered the energy produced by the reaction itself will maintain the temperature until the reactants are exhausted.
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Such a piece of plutonium can maintain high temperatures without any external power supply, controls, or monitoring for many years.
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These rooms are maintained at a fixed temperature , with set lighting and ventilation regimes.
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For example, do households living in well-insulated accommodation balance out potential savings by maintaining higher temperatures ?
measure
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ERS-1 will also measure sea temperature , contributing to studies into the role that the oceans play in determining global climate.
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As you continued to measure temperatures , the temperature in the ceramic cup dropped faster than the temperature in the foam cup.
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Tony measures the temperature and tells me it is warming up.
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The pilot measures temperatures and samples water and rock and an orange microbial fluff.
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Make with the sketch maps of the area. Measure the ambient temperature .
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What geophysicists have been lacking is a way to measure the temperature deep down, where radioactive heating plays a lesser role.
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If you have a thermometer, measure the temperature of the soil after about 2 hours.
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The experiment to measure core temperature , though, had to wait nearly thirty years.
raise
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It is held in a double-skinned tank which is filled with hot water to raise the temperature of the milk.
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Exercise will raise your body temperature , allowing you to adjust to your new circadian rhythm.
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A collision would vaporize the oceans and raise atmospheric temperatures to 3000°F.
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This again raises the temperature and pressure, until the thermonuclear burning of helium to carbon is ignited.
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These would have been used to raise the working temperatures to above 1000 0C in the furnaces when needed.
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Don't put hot food straight into the fridge - it raises the temperature and encourages mould to grow.
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In future machines the aim will be to raise the temperature without need for so much extra heating.
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In copper-oxide superconducting materials, this suggest that to raise the critical temperature you want to make the lattice smaller.
reach
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Earlier workers failed; one reason was that they did not have the technology to reach the necessary high temperatures and pressures.
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Pressure keeps the hot water from steaming or boiling; it becomes superheated, reaching temperatures of 350oC and more.
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I didn't reach temperature last time.
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He bought us cold glasses of other wines until ours reached proper temperature .
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Glass oven and grill doors, a popular feature on modern cookers, can reach external temperatures of 95°C when in use.
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The majority of the incinerators are incapable of reaching sufficiently high temperatures .
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The leisurely bath has reached just the right temperature and the birthday bath salts are bubbling away beautifully.
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As soon as the milk reaches the correct temperature , give it to your baby.
reduce
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When a cool liquid passes over a hot body it will conduct energy away, reducing the temperature of the body.
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Cool. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
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Then reduce the oven temperature to 190°C, 375°F, Gas 5 and cook for a further 20 to 15 min.
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Bake pie 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake 10 minutes more or until crust is golden brown.
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Paracetamol can help reduce the temperature along with fan therapy and tepid sponging.
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The latter two points help to minimise disturbance of the interior air and thus reduce the possibility of temperature fluctuations.
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The effect of branching is to decrease the percentage crystallinity, broaden the melting range, and reduce the average melting temperature .
require
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The recycling of polystyrene, for instance, requires temperatures above 200C and the materials are extensively filtered during the procedure.
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This requires reactor temperatures of about 100 million degrees.
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Some species require a special temperature , which again means a controller is effective.
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But this requires such high temperatures that the hydrogen gas can partially react with the ilmenite.
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The extra-oral treatment requires processing at temperatures closer to the glass transition temperature where segmental mobility allows additional polymerisation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ambient temperature/light etc
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Homeothermy or Homoiothermy Temperature regulation in tachymetabolic species in which core temperatures remain roughly steady despite ambient temperature changes.
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If you space heat then you will have an ambient temperature of 75-80°F and even higher humidity.
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It really comes into its own with flash as the metering balances the flash against the ambient lighting conditions with great results.
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Odour emissions are affected by wind direction, temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
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The ambient temperature for each day of the study was determined from local weekly weather statistics.
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The ambient temperature in Celsius is roughly equal to the number of cricket chirps in 8 seconds plus 5.
run a temperature/fever
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The baby was fussing and running a fever, so I called the doctor.
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By Sunday morning she was running a temperature.
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I think he's running a temperature, and he's off his food.
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Lice are very temperature-sensitive and will leave a body which is running a fever.
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Lips all cracked, glassy eyes, running a temperature.
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Next morning he ran a temperature but insisted on getting up.
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No wonder she was running a temperature!
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Not running a temperature, are you?
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She wasn't tipsy, just a little high, probably running a fever.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Temperatures in the south of the country reached 30 degrees centigrade.
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It was sunny, but the temperature was well below zero.
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Professional film is stored at a low temperature to prevent it from deteriorating.
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Steel is produced at very high temperatures.
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The temperature is expected to go down below freezing during the night.
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The temperature of the water was just right for swimming.
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The temperature of the world's oceans has risen by more than 2 degrees in the past hundred years.
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The gas freezes at a temperature of 180C.
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The greenhouse is kept at a constant temperature of 40C.
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The wine can be served at room temperature .
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You feel very hot - let me take your temperature .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All osmotic pressure measurements are extremely sensitive to temperature and must be carried out under rigorously controlled temperature conditions.
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In the eastern Pyrenees the high summer temperature can be oppressive.
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Season buffalo steaks with salt and pepper to taste and let them rest for 1 hour at room temperature .
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The temperature sunk near zero and stayed that way for weeks.
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The change in water temperatures that drives the weather can be as little as one or two degrees, Ellis said.
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The law only holds under certain conditions: The temperature must be constant.
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This was done by reacting the silver in the alloy with salt at high temperatures, leaving the gold unaffected.