Kelvin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Symbol 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links 1.3 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Noun

English

Etymology

Named after the Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

Noun

kelvin, degree Kelvin (obsolete)

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.

Symbol

K

Note: Use of the degree symbol is obsolete.

Translations

• Finnish: kelvin
• French: kelvin m
• Polish: kelwin m
• Vietnamese: kenvin [1]
• Swedish: kelvin

External links

Kelvin – Wikipedia article on the kelvin

kelvin (K) – entry in How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

Derived terms

• Kelvin bridge
• Kelvin's conjecture
• Kelvin differential equation
• Kelvin function
• Kelvin material
• Kelvin scale
• Kelvin transformation
• Kelvin wave

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French

Noun

kelvin

1. (m) kelvines:kelvin

fr:kelvin gl:kelvin ro:kelvin