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Definition of Emissivity
1. n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
2. n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place;
Definition of Emissivity
1. Noun. (physics) The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a specific wavelength. ¹
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Definition of Emissivity
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Medical Definition of Emissivity
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Literary usage of Emissivity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"The following Papers were read :— I. " The Thermal emissivity of Thin Wires in
... The very valuable investigations that have been made on emissivity by Mr. ..."
2. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The total emissivity of platinum and the relation between total emissivity ...
Defining the monochromatic emissivity as Ex = — Rx and expanding the above ..."
3. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Gray (1896)
"In these equations f is the emissivity in cgs units, that is, the quantity of
heat, in therms, radiated per second per square centimetre of surface of the ..."
4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"For this reason it is customary to speak of the emissivity or emissive power of
a substance or of the surface of a body. The radiating body employed by ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"Then, assuming the optical emissivity which he feels is correct for the optical
pyrometer, he could calculate the thermal emissivity for use with the ..."
6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1889)
"ON A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE emissivity OF A METALLIC BAB COOLING OR ...
the emissivity or surface conductivity may be found in terms of the thermal ..."
7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"ON A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE emissivity OF A METALLIC BAR COOLING OR HEATING IN
... the emissivity or surface conductivity may be found in terms of the ..."
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