'Emissivity' definitions:
Definition of 'Emissivity'
From: GCIDE
- Emissivity \Em`is*siv"i*ty\, n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place; specif. (Physics), the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourier external conductivity). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'Emissivity'
- Emission,
- Emissive,
- Emission theory,
- electron emission,
- emission spectrum,
- field emission,
- greenhouse emission,
- infrared emission,
- nocturnal emission,
- photoelectric emission,
- radio emission,
- secondary emission,
- thermal emission,
- thermionic emission,
- low-emission,
- positron emission tomography,
- field-emission microscope,
- positron emission tomography scanner