"k-value" meaning in All languages combined

See k-value on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: k-values [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|k-values|head=k-value}} k-value (plural k-values)
  1. Thermal conductivity; the time of rate of heat flow through a unit area of a homogeneous material in a direction perpendicular to isothermal planes induced by a unit temperature gradient. In English (inch-pound) units of measurement; it is the number of BTUs that pass through a 1 inch thickness of a square foot sample of material in 1 hour with a temperature difference between the two surfaces of 1 degree F.

Inflected forms

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