Definitions

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  • noun One thousandth of a kelvin
  • adjective Of or relating to the temperature range at which temperatures are expressed in millikelvins

Etymologies

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milli- +‎ kelvin

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Examples

  • But when the team set the transistor voltage to a value that let electrons tunnel through the device, allowing the transistor to absorb energy, they found that the resonator cooled from the ambient temperature of about 500 millikelvin down to about 300 millikelvin.

    Tracing the Limits of Quantum Weirdness | Impact Lab 2006

  • One gets a completely different surface temperature reconstruction from a hockey stick, yet the residual is essentially unchanged to the 0.5 millikelvin level.

    NAS News and Schedule « Climate Audit 2006

  • Six millikelvin per year is about sixty millikelvin per decade…

    We Have 25 Years Invested in This Work… « Climate Audit 2005

  • Six millikelvin per century is about sixty millikelvin per decade, funny that is approximately the unexplained trend in the sattelite data…

    We Have 25 Years Invested in This Work… « Climate Audit 2005

  • O'Connell's experiments required delicate control and a temperature of just 25 millikelvin to measure the state in the few nanoseconds before it was broken down by disruptive influences from outside.

    Analysis 2010

  • O'Connell's experiments required delicate control and a temperature of just 25 millikelvin to measure the state in the few nanoseconds before it was broken down by disruptive influences from outside.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Each stack contains six ultra-pure crystals of germanium or silicon at a temperature of 40 millikelvin, a touch above absolute zero.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

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