Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
amplitude thermique
English translation:
thermal amplitude
Added to glossary by
Christian Schneider
Jun 21, 2008 10:01
15 yrs ago
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French term
amplitude thermique
French to English
Science
Geography
Climate
difference entre temperatures extremes sur un site
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | thermal amplitude |
Christian Schneider
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| 5 +2 | temperature range |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 4 | thermal gradient |
Drmanu49
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Change log
Jun 26, 2008 10:03: Christian Schneider Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Christian Schneider
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thermal gradient
this is also used for the air
OTEC systems use the ocean's natural thermal gradient—the fact that the ocean's layers of water have different temperatures—to drive a power-producing cycle ...
www.nrel.gov/otec/what.html - 6k
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-06-21 10:25:03 GMT)
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or temperature gradient
3 juin 2005 ... Tapping Thermal-Gradient Cold: Free Power or Planetary Suicide? .... Living Energies: The Schauberger's Work With Trees, Light, Air, ...
pesn.com/2005/06/03/9600105_Thermal_Gradiant_warming/ - 61k -
OTEC systems use the ocean's natural thermal gradient—the fact that the ocean's layers of water have different temperatures—to drive a power-producing cycle ...
www.nrel.gov/otec/what.html - 6k
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-06-21 10:25:03 GMT)
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or temperature gradient
3 juin 2005 ... Tapping Thermal-Gradient Cold: Free Power or Planetary Suicide? .... Living Energies: The Schauberger's Work With Trees, Light, Air, ...
pesn.com/2005/06/03/9600105_Thermal_Gradiant_warming/ - 61k -
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temperature range
See definition at the address below.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Claire Cox
1 hr
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| agree |
Carol Gullidge
: works perfectly as a general term, but if it's more specific, e.g. about a vineyard, then "thermal amplitude" is used
5 hrs
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| neutral |
rkillings
: Not so perfectly. 0-30 degrees C and 10-40 degrees C are different temperature ranges in common parlance but, strictly speaking, the same thermal amplitude.
1 day 18 hrs
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