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Definition of Kelvin scale
1. Noun. A temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees.
Definition of Kelvin scale
1. Noun. A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero, with kelvins as the units (equivalent to degrees Celsius). ¹
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Medical Definition of Kelvin scale
1. Temperature scale in which the triple point of water is assigned the value of 273.16 K; °C = K -273.15. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kelvin Scale
Literary usage of Kelvin scale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1911)
"From the porous- plug experiments of Joule and Kelvin, Rowland has made a comparison
between the Kelvin scale and the scale of the air thermometer. 62. ..."
2. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1917)
"Experiment shows that HI is nearly 273 times a, so that the freezing point of
water is about 273° above the absolute lero of the Kelvin scale, or as we may ..."
3. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1911)
"in which T denotes temperature on the Kelvin scale. Comparing (1) and (2), we
obtain du T du mf For a gas that obeys Joule's law — ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"The degree on the Kelvin scale differs from that on the international hydrogen
scale by less than 0.1 per cent, so that in nearly all cases the two scales ..."
5. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables: Based on Guyot's Meteorological and by Smithsonian Institution, Charles Frederick Marvin, Arnold Guyot, Herbert Harvey Kimball (1918)
"The resulting scale has been variously named the absolute, the thermodynamic,
and, more recently, in honor of its author, the Kelvin scale. ..."
6. Pyrometry: The Papers and Discussion of a Symposium on Pyrometry Held by the by National Research Council (U.S.) (1920)
"There is one other fundamental matter that must be considered, and that is the
value of the ice point on the Kelvin scale. This may be calculated from the ..."
7. Conservation Laws by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"Absolute zero and the Kelvin scale We find that if we extrapolate a graph of ...
The ideal temperature scale for scientific work, called the Kelvin scale, ..."
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