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A river which flows through East Dunbartonshire council area and Glasgow council area, Scotland, to the River Clyde.
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A locality in the Griffith council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
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A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage.
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In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄_(273.16) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.
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Synonyms: degree Kelvin, degree absolute
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One degree of difference on this scale, as a unit interval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: degree Kelvin, degree absolute
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A measurement of color warmth defined by the temperature kelvin at which an incandescent blackbody would emit a given color.
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Alternative letter-case form of kelvin.
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British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
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Synonyms: First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson
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Broader terms: physicist
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the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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Synonyms: K
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Broader terms: temperature unit
History
Of Celtic/Scottish Gaelic origin, possibly from caol (“narrow”) or coille (“wooded”) + abhainn (“river”). The surname is derived from the river. The surname was also possibly influenced by Calvert (Middle English calfhirde).
Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
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