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Newton's law of cooling
noun Newton's law of cool·ing \-ˈkü-liŋ\
Medical Definition of NEWTON'S LAW OF COOLING
: a statement in physics: the rate at which an exposed body changes temperature through radiation is approximately proportional to the difference between its temperature and that of its surroundings
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