Kelvin (redirected from Kelvin scale of temperature)

Kelvin, First Baron. Title of William Thomson. 1824-1907.

British physicist who developed the Kelvin scale of temperature (1848) and supervised the laying of a trans-Atlantic cable (1866).

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kel·vin  (klvn)

n. Abbr. K

1. A unit of absolute temperature equal to 1/273.16 of the absolute temperature of the triple point of water. One kelvin degree is equal to one Celsius degree. See Table at measurement.

2. Kelvin A temperature scale in which zero occurs at absolute zero and each degree equals one kelvin. Water freezes at 273.15 K and boils at 373.15 K.

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[After First Baron Kelvin.]

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kelvin [ˈkɛlvɪn]

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(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the basic SI unit of thermodynamic temperature; the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Symbol K

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Kelvin [ˈkɛlvɪn]

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(Biographies / Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) M, British, SCIENCE: physicist) William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. 1824-1907, British physicist, noted for his work in thermodynamics, inventing the Kelvin scale, and in electricity, pioneering undersea telegraphy

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kelvin  (klvn)

The SI unit used to measure temperature, the basic unit of the Kelvin scale. A difference of one degree Kelvin corresponds to the same temperature difference as a difference of one degree Celsius. See Table at measurement. See also absolute zero.

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Noun	1.	kelvin - the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites K temperature unit - a unit of measurement for temperature
	2.	Kelvin - British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907) First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson