heat unit
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“It’s a huge thermos that helps us to store the heat when we don’t need it,” said Tanja Wielgoss, who heads the Sweden-based company’s heat unit in Germany.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
Their certified average Scoville heat unit of 1.56 million — from a rating procedure invented by American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville in 1912 — was ultimately accepted by Guinness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2014
As he raised the glowing flap of his tent, Larkin saw Smith lounging in a chair before the electric heat unit.
From The Terrible Answer by Hill, Arthur G.
It is generally employed to denote the number of units of mechanical work or energy which, when completely converted into heat without loss, would be required to produce one heat unit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
A calorie is the heat unit used in the estimation of the fuel value of various foods.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
