rankine (Meaning)
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rankine (n)
a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale
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rankine Sentence Examples
- The Rankine cycle is a closed thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of a steam engine.
- The Rankine temperature scale is an absolute temperature scale, similar to the Kelvin scale, but based on the Fahrenheit scale.
- William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish physicist and engineer.
- Rankine argued that the entropy of a closed system always increases over time.
- The Rankine vortex is a type of atmospheric vortex that forms over the ocean.
- The Rankine-Hugoniot equations describe the jump conditions across a shock wave in a fluid.
- Rankine's theorem states that the total energy of a perfect fluid in motion is constant.
- The Rankine stress tensor is a tensor that describes the stresses within a fluid.
- The Rankine-Gordon method is a numerical method for solving partial differential equations.
- The Rankine laboratory at the University of Glasgow is named after William John Macquorn Rankine.
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a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale
No synonyms found.
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The Rankine cycle is a closed thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of a steam engine.
The Rankine temperature scale is an absolute temperature scale, similar to the Kelvin scale, but based on the Fahrenheit scale.
William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish physicist and engineer.
Rankine argued that the entropy of a closed system always increases over time.
