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noun
A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero, with kelvins as the units (equivalent to degrees Celsius).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: absolute scale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temperature scale
History
Named after the engineer and physicist William Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale".
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