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The coldest possible temperature, equivalent to zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; a total absence of heat; the temperature at which the motion of all molecules would cease.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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A person or thing of absolutely no consequence.
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Usage: derogatory, slang
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(cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: temperature
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Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
absolute nulpunt
— coldest possible temperature
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Albanian:
zero absolute
— coldest possible temperature
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Arabic:
صِفْر مُطَلِّق
(ṣifr muṭalliq)
— coldest possible temperature
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Arabic:
دَرَجَة الصُّغَر الْمُطْلَق
— coldest possible temperature
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Armenian:
բացարձակ զրո
(bacʻarjak zro)
— coldest possible temperature
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Asturian:
cero absolutu
— coldest possible temperature
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Basque:
zero absolutu
— coldest possible temperature
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Belarusian:
абсалю́тны нуль
(absaljútny nulʹ)
— coldest possible temperature
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Breton:
zero klok
— coldest possible temperature
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Bulgarian:
абсолю́тна ну́ла
(absoljútna núla)
— coldest possible temperature
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Catalan:
zero absolut
— coldest possible temperature
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Chinese Cantonese:
絕對零度 /绝对零度
(jyut6 deoi3 ling4 dou6)
— coldest possible temperature
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Chinese Mandarin:
絕對零度 /绝对零度
(juéduì língdù)
— coldest possible temperature
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Czech:
absolutní nula
— coldest possible temperature
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Danish:
absolut nulpunkt
— coldest possible temperature
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Dutch:
absoluut nulpunt
— coldest possible temperature
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Esperanto:
absoluta nulo
— coldest possible temperature
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Estonian:
absoluutne nulltemperatuur
— coldest possible temperature
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Estonian:
absoluutne nullpunkt
— coldest possible temperature
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Estonian:
absoluutne null
— coldest possible temperature
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Finnish:
absoluuttinen nollapiste
— coldest possible temperature
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French:
zéro absolu
— coldest possible temperature
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Galician:
cero absoluto
— coldest possible temperature
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German:
absoluter Nullpunkt
— coldest possible temperature
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Greek:
απόλυτο μηδέν
(apólyto midén)
— coldest possible temperature
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Hebrew:
אפס מוחלט
(efes muhlat)
— coldest possible temperature
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Hindi:
परम शून्य
(param śūnya)
— coldest possible temperature
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Hungarian:
abszolút nulla fok
— coldest possible temperature
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Icelandic:
alkul
— coldest possible temperature
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Ido:
absoluta zero
— coldest possible temperature
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Ido:
zero absoluta
— coldest possible temperature
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Indonesian:
nol mutlak
— coldest possible temperature
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Irish:
dearbhnialas
— coldest possible temperature
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Italian:
zero assoluto
— coldest possible temperature
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Japanese:
絶対零度
(zettai reido)
— coldest possible temperature
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Khmer:
សូន្យដាច់ខាត
(sounyɔɔdackhaat)
— coldest possible temperature
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Korean:
절대 영도
(jeoldae yeongdo)
— coldest possible temperature
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Latvian:
absolūtā nulle
— coldest possible temperature
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Lithuanian:
absoliutusis nulis
— coldest possible temperature
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Macedonian:
апсолутна нула
(apsolutna nula)
— coldest possible temperature
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Malay:
sifar mutlak
— coldest possible temperature
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Malay:
kosong mutlak
— coldest possible temperature
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Malayalam:
കേവലപൂജ്യം
(kēvalapūjyaṁ)
— coldest possible temperature
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Norwegian Bokmål:
absolutt nullpunkt
— coldest possible temperature
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Persian:
صفر مطلق
(sefr-e motlaq)
— coldest possible temperature
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Polish:
zero bezwzględne
— coldest possible temperature
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Polish:
zero absolutne
— coldest possible temperature
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Portuguese:
zero absoluto
— coldest possible temperature
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Romanian:
zero absolut
— coldest possible temperature
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Russian:
абсолю́тный нуль
(absoljútnyj nulʹ)
— coldest possible temperature
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Serbo-Croatian:
апсолутна нула
— coldest possible temperature
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Serbo-Croatian:
apsolutna nula
— coldest possible temperature
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Slovak:
absolútna nula
— coldest possible temperature
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Slovene:
absolútna níčla
— coldest possible temperature
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Spanish:
cero absoluto
— coldest possible temperature
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Swedish:
absoluta nollpunkten
— coldest possible temperature
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Tagalog:
wagas na awan
— coldest possible temperature
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Turkish:
mutlak sıfır
— coldest possible temperature
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Turkmen:
absolýut nol
— coldest possible temperature
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Ukrainian:
абсолю́тний нуль
(absoljútnyj nulʹ)
— coldest possible temperature
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Urdu:
مطلق صفر
— coldest possible temperature
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Vietnamese:
nhiệt độ không tuyệt đối
— coldest possible temperature
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Vietnamese:
độ không tuyệt đối
— coldest possible temperature
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Vietnamese:
không độ tuyệt đối
— coldest possible temperature
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Vietnamese:
0 tuyệt đối
— coldest possible temperature
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Welsh:
sero absoliwt
— coldest possible temperature
