Kelvin

Kelvin

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

Origin of Kelvin

after Kelvin

[k-] a basic unit of temperature on this scale, equal to one degree Celsius: abbrev. K

(William Thomson) 1824-1907; Brit. physicist & mathematician

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kelvin

noun

pl. kelvin Abbr. K

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. measurement
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.

Origin of kelvin

AfterFirst Baron Kelvin

Kelvin

First BaronTitle 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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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

(plural kelvins)

In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
(usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
Ice melts above 273.15 kelvin.
Water boils above 373.15 kelvin.

Origin

Named after the Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

Proper noun

A river in Scotland, running through Glasgow.
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname; rather rare.

Noun

(plural Kelvins)

Alternative capitalization of kelvin.

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kelvin - Computer Definition

See K.

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A unit of measurement of temperature. Part of the SI system of measurement, the Kelvin (K) scale starts at absolute zero (-273.15). Each Kelvin degree is the same as a Celsius degree. As a result, 0ÂºC (freezing water) is equal to 273.15K, and 100ÂºC (boiling water) is equal to 373.15K. From British physicist and mathematician Lord William Thomas Kelvin (1824-1907). See color temperature and SI units.

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