Monday, June 02, 2008

Learn a New Word!

I learned a new word today.
I am so excited.
Here it is:

Diffusivity: "the property of a substance indicative of the rate at which a thermal disturbance, as a rise in temperature, will be transmitted through the substance."


So basically, you have a substance of something. And then you change a thermal property like the temperature. Of course it takes time for the heat to travel through all that substance and to completely change the temperature of your substance. And the diffusivity tells one something about how fast the substance will change.

5 comments:

~Lauraborialice said...

that just sounds strange!! lol

Homemanager said...

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

~Lauraborialice said...

Happy late 4th of July! :-D

Meshaay said...

Haha! Random. But now I know what that word means.

Pop Quiz Giver said...

how about: hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - the fear of long words