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| − | A measure of the energy of | + | A convenient operational definition of '''temperature''' is that it is a measure of the average translational kinetic energy associated with the disordered microscopic motion of atoms and molecules.<ref> http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/temper.html </ref> |
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Revision as of 20:19, May 6, 2007
A convenient operational definition of temperature is that it is a measure of the average translational kinetic energy associated with the disordered microscopic motion of atoms and molecules.[1]