kelvin
Collocations
3ADJ.
above, above
KELVIN + NOUN
candela, mole
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
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.
Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins.
Water boils above 373.15 kelvins.
One degree of difference on this scale, as a unit interval.
The dew point here today is only 1 kelvin above what it was yesterday.
The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
A measurement of color warmth defined by the temperature kelvin at which an incandescent blackbody would emit a given color.
name
A river which flows through East Dunbartonshire council area and Glasgow council area, Scotland, to the River Clyde.
A locality in the Griffith council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of kelvin.
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noun — the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under th
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5Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins.
WiktionaryWater boils above 373.15 kelvins.
WiktionaryThe dew point here today is only 1 kelvin above what it was yesterday.
WiktionaryChilling atoms to within one ten billionth of a degree above 0 Kelvin causes them to slow down significantly, making them easier to study.
Tatoeba · #8764027Meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela are the fundamental units of the metric system.
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