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WHAT DOES INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL TEMPERATURE SCALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of International Practical Temperature Scale in the English dictionary

The definition of International Practical Temperature Scale in the dictionary is a temperature scale adopted by international agreement in 1968, and revised in 1990, based on thermodynamic temperature and using experimental values to define 16 fixed points. The lowest is the triple point of an equilibrium mixture of orthohydrogen and parahydrogen and the highest the freezing point of copper.


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Translation of «International Practical Temperature Scale» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

国际实用温标
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Escala Internacional de Temperatura Práctico
570 millions of speakers

English

International Practical Temperature Scale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रैक्टिकल तापमान पैमाना
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الدولي العملي مقياس درجة الحرارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Международная практическая температурная шкала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Escala Internacional de Temperatura Prático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আন্তর্জাতিক ফলিকাল তাপমাত্রা আইশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pratique international de l´échelle de température
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skala Suhu Praktikal Antarabangsa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Internationale Praktische Temperaturskala
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

国際実用温度目盛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

국제 실용 온도 눈금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skala Praktis Internasional
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Quy mô quốc tế thực hành Nhiệt độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சர்வதேச நடைமுறை வெப்பநிலை அளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आंतरराष्ट्रीय व्यावहारिक तापमान स्केल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uluslararası Pratik Sıcaklık Ölçeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

International Temperature Scale Pratica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Międzynarodowa Praktyczna Skala temperatury
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Міжнародна практична температурна шкала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Scara Internațională de temperatură practic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Διεθνής Πρακτική Κλίμακα θερμοκρασίας
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Internasionale Praktiese temperatuurskaal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

International Practical Temperatur Skala
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

International Praktisk temperaturskala
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL TEMPERATURE SCALE»

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Evolution of the International Practical Temperature Scale ...
REFERENCE: Benedict, R. P., "International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 ," Evolution of the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968, ASTM STP 565, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1974, pp. 50-72. KEY WORDS:  ...
‎1974
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Chemical Thermodynamics
2-6 The International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS) Forms the Experimental Basis for Practical Temperature Measurements A set of internationally agreed upon temperatures for primary and secondary fixed reference points, together with ...
Peter A. Rock, 1983
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Principles and Methods of Temperature Measurement
... in 1927, the International Conference of Weights and Measures approved the establishment of an International Temperature Scale (ITS).2 In 1960 the name of the scale was changed to the International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS).
Thomas Donald McGee, 1988
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Catalog of National Bureau of Standards Publications, ...
International Practical Temperature Scale; NBS-IPTS-68; NBS- 1955 provisional scale; Platinum resistance thermometer; J.77A No. 3 , 309-332 (1973). SP305-5. International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968; Sorption; Steam point; ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Betty L. Burris, Rebecca J. Morehouse, 1978
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Manual on the Use of Thermocouples in Temperature Measurement
Fahrenheit, n. — the designation of the degree and the temperature scale used commonly in public life and engineering circles in English-speaking countries. Related to the International Practical Temperature Scale by means of the equation: ...
‎1993
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The International Bureau of Weights and Measures, 1875-1975: ...
The International Practical Temperature Scale Some discussion of the chronological evolution of this practical scale of temperature [2] is necessary to establish the orientation of the work of BIPM. Since the beginning of the century, the need for ...
Chester Hall Page, Paul Vigoureux, 1975
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Precision measurement and calibration: Selected NBS papers ...
In May 1960 the International Committee on Weights and Measures approved the new name, "International Practical Temperature Scale of 1948", for the scale presented in this document. Inasmuch as the numerical values of temperature on  ...
J. F. Swindells, 1968
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Fundamentals of Temperature, Pressure and Flow Measurements
Robert P. Benedict. TABLE 4.7 Possible Changes in the International Practical Temperature Scale and Their Consequences 1. Temperature reference points Eliminate boiling points from the scale definition. Retain metal freezing points.
Robert P. Benedict, 1984
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Bibliography of temperature measurement, January 1953 to ...
Hall, J. A., and C. R. Barber, The evolution of the international practical temperature scale, Metrologia 3_, No. 3, 78 (July). Orlova, M. P., et al, Broadening the international practical temperature scale in the zone below oxygen point, Tr. Vses.
Paul D. Freeze, Leslie D. Parker, Institute for Applied Technology (U.S.), 1972
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The Gallium melting-point standard
B. W. Mangum The latest internationally-adopted temperature scale, the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 (amended edition of 1975), is discussed in some detail and a brief description is given of its evolution. The melting ...
B. W. Mangum, Donald D. Thornton, Institute for Basic Standards (U.S.). Heat Division, 1977

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