temperature coefficient

English

Noun

temperature coefficient (plural temperature coefficients)

1. (sciences) A coefficient which relates the change of the magnitude of a physical property to a unit change in temperature.

Usage notes

Thermal coefficients have been defined for many physical properties such as electrical resistance and thermal expansion. Typically a coefficient can be regarded as constant only over a certain temperature range.

Derived terms

• PTC / positive temperature coefficient
• PTC heater

 

Translations

physical coefficient

• Finnish: lämpötilakerroin
• German: Temperaturkoeffizient m, Temperaturbeiwert m
• Spanish: coeficiente de temperatura m
• Swedish: temperaturkoefficient c