Kelvin

Kelvin
/kel"vin/, 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. Abbr.: K
adj.
3. Thermodynam. noting or pertaining to an absolute scale of temperature (Kelvin scale) in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Celsius scale and in which the triple point of water has the value 273.16 Kelvin. Cf. absolute temperature scale, Celsius (def. 2).
4. Also, Kelwin /kel"win/. a male given name.

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▪ unit of measurement
      base unit of thermodynamic temperature measurement in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as 100/27,316 of the triple point (equilibrium among the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases) of pure water. The kelvin is also the fundamental unit of the Kelvin scale, an absolute temperature scale named for the British physicist William Thomson (known as Lord Kelvin (Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron)). An absolute temperature scale has as its zero point absolute zero (−273.15° on the Celsius temperature scale and −459.67° on the Fahrenheit temperature scale), the theoretical temperature at which the molecules of a substance have the lowest energy—hence, all values on such a scale are nonnegative. Many physical laws and formulas can be expressed more simply when an absolute temperature scale is used; accordingly, the Kelvin scale has been adopted as the international standard for scientific temperature measurement. The difference between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 degrees in both the Kelvin and the Celsius scale; thus, the Kelvin degree has the same magnitude as the Celsius degree.

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