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Kel·vin (kel′vin)

adjective

designating or of a scale of thermodynamic temperature measured from absolute zero (-273.16°C): the formula for converting Celsius to Kelvin is °K=°C + 273.16

Etymology: after 1st Baron Kelvin

noun

a basic unit of temperature on this scale, equal to one degree Celsius: abbrev. K
Kelvin2 definition

Kel·vin (kel′vin)

Kelvin, 1st Baron (William Thomson) 1824-1907; Brit. physicist & mathematician

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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