English
Etymology
:Named after the Irish-born Scottish physicist w:William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
Noun
kelvin
- 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.
Symbol
:K
:Note: Use of the degree symbol is obsolete.
Translations
Finnish: kelvin
French: Kelvin#French|kelvin m
German: Kelvin n
Polish: kelwin m
Vietnamese: kenvin 1
Swedish: kelvin
External links
:w:kelvin|Kelvin – Wikipedia article on the kelvin
:kelvin (K) – entry in <cite>How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement</cite>
Related terms
Kelvin bridge
Kelvin's conjecture
Kelvin differential equation
Kelvin function
Kelvin material
Kelvin scale
Kelvin transformation
Kelvin wave
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Noun
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