fin efficiency

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fin efficiency [′fin ə‚fish·ən·sē]

(engineering)

In extended-surface heat-exchange equations, the ratio of the mean temperature difference from surface-to-fluid divided by the temperature difference from fin-to-fluid at the base or root of the fin.

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