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Definition of Absolute temperature
1. Noun. Temperature measured on the absolute scale.
Definition of Absolute temperature
1. Noun. Thermodynamic temerature; measuring of cold and heat on the absolute scale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Absolute temperature
1. Temperature reckoned in Kelvins from absolute zero. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolute Temperature
Literary usage of Absolute temperature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Gray (1896)
"... t the surface, aa constant determined by Dulong and Petit to be 1.0077, " 'he
absolute temperature of the enclosure, and / the difference of temperature ..."
2. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"absolute temperature and Absolute Zero.— The remarkable proposition established
in the foregoing article was seized upon by Lord ..."
3. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1911)
"So also when the volume is kept constant the pres- : sure of the gas is proportional
to the absolute temperature. At ' the absolute zero the pressure would ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"If the absolute temperature of a body in degrees Fahrenheit is given, its
temperature on the ordinary Fahrenheit thermometer can be found by subtracting 460 ..."
5. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1920)
"absolute temperature.—The zero of temperature indicated by the origin 0', Fig.
... Let TO be taken as the absolute temperature of melting ice, ..."
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