Understanding Evaporative Temperature in Heat Pumps: Explained

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I'm reading a text about heat pumps here which says that if the outside temperature drops, then the evaporative temperature also drops. This confuses me. I thought the evaporative temperature (at a certain pressure) was a quality within the refrigerant? Can someone explain this to me?
 
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