English Explanatory Dictionary

Rankine scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.

Word forms

Rankine scale the Rankine scale

Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) who proposed the scale in 1859.

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