Absolute Zero Definition

noun
The theoretical temperature at which substances possess no thermal energy, equal to 0 K, −273.15°C, or −459.67°F.
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The temperature at which matter has no heat and its molecules are completely still; theoretically, the lowest possible temperature: equal to about −273.16°C or about −459.69°F or 0°K.
Webster's New World

(physics) The coldest possible temperature, zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; total absence of heat; temperature at which motion of all molecules would cease. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

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(slang) A person or thing of absolutely no consequence.
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absolute-zeros

Absolute Zero Sentence Examples

  • In general the dielectric constant is reduced with decrease of temperature towards a certain limiting value it would attain at the absolute zero.

  • In order to restore the substance to its original temperature 0' at constant pressure, it would be necessary to supply a further quantity of heat, H, represented by the area between the two adiabatics from FC down to the absolute zero.

  • An example may prove this, but before quoting it, the question of determining b must be decided; this results immediately from the above quotation, b being the volume Vat the absolute zero (T =0); so the volume of isomers ought to be compared at the absolute zero.

  • Since this has not been done we must adopt the approximate rule that the volume at absolute zero is proportional to that at the boiling-point.

  • The researchers can cool a beam of hydrogen atoms using a helium cryostat to just 10 degrees above absolute zero.

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