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Kelvin scale
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English
Etymology
en the engineer and physicist William Lord Kelvin 1824 1907 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale".
Noun
A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero, with kelvins as the units (equivalent to degrees Celsius).
en The Kelvin scale is the standard scale for many scientific fields, but the related Celsius scale is handier for everyday life on Earth.
Coordinate terms
en Celsius scale Fahrenheit scale Rankine scale Réaumur scale
Derived terms
Kelvin
Translations
a scale for measuring temperature
Polish: pl skala Kelwina f
Tagalog: tl sukurang Kelbin