Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
- n. 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name proposed, in honor of Lord Kelvin, for the kilowatt-hour which is the British Board of Trade unit of work.
Wiktionary
- n. 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".
- n. A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
- n. usually as postpositioned adjective A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The SI unit of temperature, defined as being 1/273.16 of the triple point of water; abbreviated K. The melting point of water at 760 mm pressure is 273.15 Kelvins, and the boiling point 373.15 Kelvins. One degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade, and 9/5 degrees Fahrenheit.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- n. British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
Etymologies
- Named after the Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. (Wiktionary)
- After First Baron Kelvin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The 13th CGPM (1967) adopted the name kelvin (symbol K) instead of "degree Kelvin" (symbol °K) and defined the unit of thermodynamic temperature as follows:”
“The kelvin is the unit of thermodynamic temperature in the International System of Units (SI).”
“The 13th CGPM changed the name to simply "kelvin" symbol K.”
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“This redefinition would bring the kilogram into line with the six other base units that make up the International System of Units SI – the metre, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole and the candela.”
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“Dr. Phillips and other mandarins of metrology were gathered at Britain's Royal Society to debate an urgent question in the science of measurement — how to re-define the basic unit of mass, as well as other measurements such as the second, ampere, kelvin and mole.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Fate of the Kilo Weighs Heavily on the Minds of Metrologists
“Also, when reference is made to the unit kelvin either a specific temperature or a temperature interval, kelvin is always spelled with a lowercase k unless it is the first word in a sentence.”
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“Celsius makes alot more sense to the rest of us, but we'll settle with kelvin :p”
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