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kelvin
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kelvin \Kel"vin\ (k[e^]l"v[i^]n), n. [from Lord Kelvin, English physicist.] 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unit of absolute temperature scale, 1911, in honor of British physicist Sir William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).
Wiktionary
n. 1 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". 2 A unit interval on the Kelvin scale. 3 (context usually as postpositioned adjective English) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
WordNet
n. the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: K]
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907) [syn: First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson]
Wikipedia
Kelvin is a unit of temperature.
Kelvin may also refer to:
Kelvin is a given name meaning From the Narrow Stream as a given name it may refer to:
The kelvin is a unit of measure for temperature based upon an absolute scale. It is one of the seven base units in the International System of Units (SI) and is assigned the unit symbol K. The Kelvin scale is an absolute, thermodynamic temperature scale using as its null point absolute zero, the temperature at which all thermal motion ceases in the classical description of thermodynamics. The kelvin is defined as the fraction of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (exactly 0.01 °C or 32.018 °F). In other words, it is defined such that the triple point of water is exactly 273.16 K.
The Kelvin scale is named after the Belfast-born, Glasgow University engineer and physicist William Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale". Unlike the degree Fahrenheit and degree Celsius, the kelvin is not referred to or typeset as a degree. The kelvin is the primary unit of temperature measurement in the physical sciences, but is often used in conjunction with the Celsius degree, which has the same magnitude. The definition implies that absolute zero (0 K) is equivalent to .
Kelvin was a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1831, was a two-story, five bay Federal style single pile frame dwelling. The house had a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. It had a one-story addition built about 1838. It originally housed a private girls school established by wealthy landowner Colonel Edward Jones Kelvin. It has been demolished.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Usage examples of "kelvin".
Kelvin was getting dressed in his conventional clothes: new brownberry shirt, greenbriar pantaloons, cushiony cotilk stockings, and heavy walking boots.
Kelvin was leading a small army of bandits on foot down the winding road through a drippy morning mist that was nearly rain.
House Gyrfalcon, traveled across the White Water River into our neighboring country of New Kelvin in company with Baron Wain Endbrook of the Kingdom of the Isles.
Kelvin, or in an atmosphere, or in a minable, transportable, usable form.
He made a hand pass and the Kelvin in the mirror was newly attired almost as nattily as was the salesman.
Whenever the enemy had them surrounded and seemed to Kelvin about to pull them down, the enemy vanished as Horace opaled them to a more congenial killing spot.
In New Kelvin even the youngest child would have known at a glance the things Peace considered important about himself: his place as a member of the Sodality of Illuminators, his personal vow not to remarry, his promotion to a counselor to the Dragon Speaker.
That left Jon, and she turned her swoosh head and vibrated her fowl tongue directly at Kelvin, just to keep him in his place.
Kelvin found himself weak and gasping and tingling all over, just outside the door.
During the week that followed, Tupelo participated in four more formal conferences with Kelvin Whyte and certain city officials.
The skin, if anything, seemed scalier and greener than Kelvin remembered.
Lacking the same antinoise features herself, she had to agree to be snap-frozen to a few Kelvin, three minutes before each run.
Heln gave Kelvin a startled look, then put down the dough for the exotic dish she was making: an appleberry pie whose recipe had been in both their families.
Kelvin a startled look, then put down the dough for the exotic dish she was making: an appleberry pie whose recipe had been in both their families.
Kelvin took a breath of fresh air, untainted with dungeon odors, and smelled the spicy sweet scent of appleberries and other fruit.