Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation centipoise
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Examples
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That is some amazingly low latitude penetration of a cP airmass especially for so late in the year.
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So long as the southern branch of the split jet continues to pump mP and cP out over the Gulf, and so long as the northern branch continues to keep the digging trough in place along the East Coast, and so long as the jet and Azores/Bermuda High remain at latitudes more typical of April …. the sleepy nature of things will continue.
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Although variously defined, the upper limit for heavy oil has been set at 22° API gravity and a viscosity of 100 centipoise (cP).
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Natural bitumen is oil with viscosity greater than 10,000 cP.
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The combination of stronger insolation (due to fewer molecules of water to interdict the photons on the way in), subsidence, and high heights leads to hot daily highs, except during winter when synoptics bring in northerly to easterly flows (cP intrusion).
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However, in its midst, Feb 1976, we had the most spectacular outbreak of cP air and sticking snow to sea level, covering the entire region.
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Also, Feb 1976 we had one of the more notable cP outbreaks ever witnessed, bringing a couple of inches of snow to most of the lowland areas of the state.
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The thickness of a fluid is referred to as its viscosity which has units of centipoise (cP).
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