ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE SCALE Definition & Meaning

absolute temperature scale

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Thermodynamics.

temperature absolute temperature as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero absolute zero, as the Kelvin scale.

absolute temperature scale

A temperature scale having absolute zero as the lowest temperature. Absolute temperature scales only have positive numbers. The Kelvin scale and the Rankine scale are absolute temperature scales.
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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in whose honour the absolute temperature scale is now named, was among the most distinguished scientists of the late 19th century.

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Lord Kelvin defined the absolute temperature scale in the mid-1800s in such a way that nothing could be colder than absolute zero.

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