English Explanatory Dictionary

Kelvin scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero, with kelvins as the units (equivalent to degrees Celsius).

Word forms

Kelvin scale Kelvin scales

Etymology

Named after the engineer and physicist William Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale".

Derived words

Kelvin
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