Definitions for coldness
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cold, coldnessnoun

   the sensation produced by low temperatures

   "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

2. coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chillinessnoun

   a lack of affection or enthusiasm

   "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"

3. coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidnessnoun

   the absence of heat

   "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coldnessnoun

   The relative lack of heat.

2. coldnessnoun

   The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures.

3. coldnessnoun

   Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Coldnessnoun

   Etymology: from cold.

   1. Want of heat; power of causing the sensation of cold.

   He relates the excessive coldness of the water they met with in summer in that icy region, where they were forced to winter. Robert Boyle, Experiments.

   Such was the discord, which did first disperse
   Form, order, beauty through the universe;
   While driness moisture, coldness heat resists,
   All that we have, and that we are subsists. John Denham.

   2. Unconcern; frigidity of temper; want of zeal; negligence; disregard.

   Divisions of religion are not only the farthest spread, because in religion all men presume themselves interested; but they are also, for the most part, hotlier prosecuted: for as much as coldness, which, in other contentions, may be thought to proceed from moderation, is not in these so favourably construed. Richard Hooker, Dedicat.

   If upon reading the admired passages in such authors, he finds a coldness and indifference in his thoughts, he ought to conclude, that he himself wants the faculty of discovering them. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 409.

   It betrayed itself at first in a sort of indifference and carelessness in all her actions, and coldness to her best friends. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

   3. Coyness; want of kindness; want of passion.

   Unhappy youth! how will thy coldness raise
   Tempests and storms in his afflicted bosom! Joseph Addison, Cato.

   Let ev’ry tongue its various censures chuse,
   Absolve with coldness, or with spite accuse. Matthew Prior.

   4. Chastity; exemption from vehement desire.

   The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps,
   For ever murmurs, and for ever weeps. Alexander Pope, Winds. For.

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1. coldness

   In statistical thermodynamics, thermodynamic beta, also known as coldness, is the reciprocal of the thermodynamic temperature of a system: (where T is the temperature and kB is Boltzmann constant).It was originally introduced in 1971 (as Kältefunktion "coldness function") by Ingo Müller, one of the proponents of the rational thermodynamics school of thought, based on earlier proposals for a "reciprocal temperature" function.Thermodynamic beta has units reciprocal to that of energy (in SI units, reciprocal joules, [ β ] = J − 1 {\displaystyle [\beta ]={\textrm {J}}^{-1}} ). In non-thermal units, it can also be measured in byte per joule, or more conveniently, gigabyte per nanojoule; 1 K−1 is equivalent to about 13,062 gigabytes per nanojoule; at room temperature: T = 300K, β ≈ 44 GB/nJ ≈ 39 eV−1 ≈ 2.4×1020 J−1. The conversion factor is 1 GB/nJ = 8 ln ⁡ 2 × 10 18 {\displaystyle 8\ln 2\times 10^{18}} J−1.

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1. coldness

   Coldness is a physical condition of low temperature often characterized by a chilling sensation. It can also refer to a lack of warmth or emotion in interaction or behavior.

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1. Coldnessnoun

   the state or quality of being cold

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1. Coldness

   Coldness is the second album by power metal band Kotipelto, released in 2004 while Stratovarius was in hiatus.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coldness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coldness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of coldness in a Sentence

1. Deshawn Yeldell:

   The thing about human beings they’re not emotional enough, but they are sure enough with a heart of coldness. -MillYentei

2. R. Buckminster Fuller:

   Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.

3. Jiang Hui:

   I can feel the coldness they are feeling now.

4. Thomas Bach:

   When I afterwards saw how she was received by her closest entourage, with such, what appeared to be a tremendous coldness, it was chilling to see this, rather than giving her comfort, rather than to try to help her, you could feel this chilling atmosphere, this distance.

5. Shanhui Fan:

   Every object that produces heat has to dump that heat into a heat sink, what we've done is to create a way that should allow us to use the coldness of the universe as a heat sink during the day.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=coldness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coldness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=coldness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldness
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coldness
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coldness