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121temperature error — i. A discrepancy in various instruments caused by either the ambient temperature differing from the design limits of the instrument or the temperature variation differing from the one incorporated in the design of the instrument. ii. A… …
122high-area storm — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the… …
123High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher — The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) is a high precision echelle spectrograph installed in 2002 on ESO s 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory, with first light achieved February 2003. It is a second generation radial… …
124High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder — HIRDLS: The High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder is an instrument on board the NASA Aura. It follows in the heritage of LRIR (Nimbus 6), LIMS and SAMS (Nimbus 7), ISAMS and CLAES (UARS). It was designed to observe global distribution of… …
125high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear. [1925 30] * * * Alloy of steel introduced in 1900. It doubled or trebled the capacities of machine shops by permitting… …
126temperature — tem·per·a·ture || tempÉ™rtʃə(r) / prÉ™ n. degree of hotness or coldness; abnormally high body temperature, fever …
127high-test — /huy test /, adj. (of gasoline) boiling at a relatively low temperature. [1955 60] * * * …
128high speed steel — this term was derived from the fact that it is capable of cutting metal at a much higher rate than carbon tool steel and continues to cut and retain its hardness even when the point of the tool is heated to a low red temperature. Tungsten is the… …
