Definitions for british thermal unit
british ther·mal unit

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1. British thermal unit, BTU, B.Th.U.noun

   a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories

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1. British thermal unitnoun

   The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at a particular temperature (there are several different precise definitions) and a pressure of one atmosphere.

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1. British thermal unit

   The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a unit of heat; it is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. It is also part of the United States customary units. The modern SI unit for heat energy is the joule (J); one BTU equals about 1055 J (varying within the range 1054–1060 J depending on the specific definition; see below). While units of heat are often supplanted by energy units in scientific work, they are still used in some fields. For example, in the United States the price of natural gas is quoted in dollars per the amount of natural gas that would give 1 million BTUs (1 "MMBtu") of heat energy if burned.

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1. british thermal unit

   A British Thermal Unit (BTU) is a traditional unit of heat. It is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. It is commonly used in the United States to quantify the heat output of various energy sources.

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1. British thermal unit

   The British thermal unit is a traditional unit of energy equal to about 1055 joules. It is the amount of energy needed to heat one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. In scientific contexts the Btu has largely been replaced by the SI unit of energy, the joule. The unit is most often used as a measure of power in the power, steam generation, heating and air conditioning industries, and also as a measure of agricultural energy production. It is still used in metric English-speaking countries, and remains the standard unit of classification for air conditioning units manufactured and sold in many non-English-speaking metric countries. In North America, the term "Btu" is used to describe the heat value of fuels.

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   The numerical value of british thermal unit in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of british thermal unit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=british thermal unit
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/British_Thermal_Unit
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Thermal_Unit
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5. ^ Wikidata
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