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Rankine scale
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English
Etymology
en the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine 1820 1872 William Rankine who proposed the scale in 1859.
Proper noun
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.
Coordinate terms
en Celsius scale Fahrenheit scale Kelvin scale Réaumur scale
Related terms
en degree Rankine