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British thermal unit

Term · Transportation · MLC-T-TRA-000049

The quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 F at or near 39.2 F.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-TRA-000049
FieldTransportation
ReferencesNational Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "British thermal unit",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "The quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 F at or near 39.2 F.",
  "references": [
    "National Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/british-thermal-unit/"
}

Record 49 of 450 in Transportation terminology (MLC-0120). Request the full dataset.