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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).
kel·vin
(kĕl′vĭn)n. pl. kelvin 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.
[After First Baron Kelvin.]
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Kelvin
(ˈkɛlvɪn)n
(Biography) 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
kelvin
(ˈkɛlvɪn)n
(Units) the basic SI unit of thermodynamic temperature; the fraction of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Symbol: K
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Kel•vin
(ˈkɛl vɪn)n.
1. William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
2. (l.c.) the base SI unit of temperature, defined to be 1/273.16 of the triple point of water. Symbol: K
adj. 3. of or pertaining to an absolute scale of temperature (Kel′vin scale`) based on the kelvin in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Celsius scale.
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kel·vin
(kĕl′vĭn) A unit of absolute temperature having the same value as one Celsius degree. It is used in the Kelvin scale. See more at Celsius. See Table at measurement.
Kelvin
, First Baron. Title of William Thomson 1824-1907. British mathematician and physicist known especially for his work on heat and electricity. In 1848 he proposed a scale of temperature independent of any physical substance, which became known as the Kelvin scale.
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kelvin
(K) A scale of temperature measurement in which each degree is equal to 1⁄273.16 of the interval between 0 K (absolute zero) and the triple point of water. K = °C + 273.16. Named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824–1907).
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| Noun | 1. | kelvin - the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites 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) |
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