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absolute temperature

Absolute temperature is defined as the measurement of temperature beginning at absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.

(noun)

An example of when one might use absolute temperature as a form of measurement is in the study of thermodynamics.

See absolute temperature in Webster's New World College Dictionary

temperature measured from absolute zero on the Kelvin scale or on the Rankine scale

See absolute temperature in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun Abbr. abs

Temperature measured or calculated on an absolute scale.

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