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  2. Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    The kelvin (symbol: K) is the base unit for temperature in the International System of Units (SI). The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that starts at ...

  3. Lord Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907 [7]) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer.

  4. Thermodynamic temperature - Wikipedia

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    Thermodynamic temperature is a quantity defined in thermodynamics as distinct from kinetic theory or statistical mechanics.. Historically, thermodynamic temperature was defined by Lord Kelvin in terms of a macroscopic relation between thermodynamic work and heat transfer as defined in thermodynamics, but the kelvin was redefined by international agreement in 2019 in terms of phenomena that are ...

  5. Kelvin Harrison Jr. Reveals How He Developed His Own ... - AOL

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    Kelvin Harrison Jr. is ready to show fans a whole new version of the iconic Disney villain Scar. The actor, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly that he initially approached his role in Mufasa: The Lion ...

  6. Temperature - Wikipedia

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    The kelvin is one of the seven base units in the International System of Units (SI). Absolute zero, i.e., zero kelvin or −273.15 °C, is the lowest point in the thermodynamic temperature scale. Experimentally, it can be approached very closely but not actually reached, as recognized in the third law of thermodynamics. It would be impossible ...

  7. Conversion of scales of temperature - Wikipedia

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    This is a collection of temperature conversion formulas and comparisons among eight different temperature scales, several of which have long been obsolete.. Temperatures on scales that either do not share a numeric zero or are nonlinearly related cannot correctly be mathematically equated (related using the symbol =), and thus temperatures on different scales are more correctly described as ...

  8. Degree (temperature) - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the degree Fahrenheit and degree Celsius, the kelvin is no longer referred to or written as a degree (but was before 1967 [1] [2] [3]). The kelvin is the primary unit of temperature measurement in the physical sciences, but is often used in conjunction with the degree Celsius, which has the same magnitude. Other scales of temperature:

  9. Absolute scale - Wikipedia

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    Colloquially, the Kelvin temperature scale, where absolute zero is the temperature at which molecular energy is at a minimum, and the Rankine temperature scale are also referred to as absolute scales.