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freezing point

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the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid

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1700s * 1701 — Newton publishes a method of determining the rate of heat loss a body and introduces a scale which had 0 degrees representing the freezing point of water and 12 degrees the human body temperature. Source: Internet

A serious problem in the use of nitroglycerin results from its high freezing point convert. Source: Internet

By the end of November, temperatures usually range around the freezing point. Source: Internet

Days per year below the freezing point vary from about sixty days in the southwest to more than a hundred days in the far-north and far-east. Source: Internet

Flash point and freezing point properties are of particular interest for operation and safety; the standards also define additives for control of static electricity and other purposes. Source: Internet

For example, the freezing point of water is 0 °C and 32 °F, and a 5 °C change is the same as a 9 °F change. Source: Internet

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