kelvin

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: kel=vin

CIDE DICTIONARY

kelvin, 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 PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kelvin, n. the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree celsius.

Idiom

Kelvin scale a scale of temperature with absolute zero as zero.

Usage

Abbr.: K.

Etymology

Lord Kelvin, Brit. physicist d. 1907