Article: Fahrenheit temperature scale

Encyclopedia entry: Kelvin temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      384 words ... ... Kelvin , who proposed it in 1848. Another absolute temperature scale, the Rankine temperature scale , is used by some engineers. See also Fahrenheit temperature scale .

Dictionary definition: Fahrenheit temperature
A Dictionary of Nursing;      273 words ...Fahrenheit temperature ( fa -rĕn-hyt) n. temperature expressed on a scale in which the melting point of ice is assigned a temperature ...

Encyclopedia entry: Celsius temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      377 words ... ... used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now known as the Kelvin temperature scale , in 1848 (see also absolute zero ... to equivalent temperatures on the Fahrenheit temperature scale by multiplying the Celsius temperature ...

Encyclopedia entry: Rankine temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      371 words ...Rankine temperature scale temperature scale having an absolute zero, below which temperatures do ... and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale . Absolute zero , or 0°Ra, is the temperature ...

Article: TEMPERATURE SCALE
Young Students Learning Library;      687 words ... ... of the thermometer. A temperature scale is marked off in degrees ... Fahrenheit.'' The Fahrenheit temperature scale, which is still commonly ... 176;F. The Celsius temperature scale, also called the centigrade ...

Dictionary definition: Curie temperature scale
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      289 words ...Curie temperature scale temperature (also magnetic temperature) A scale for use close ... zero’), below the lower limit of the international temperature scale . It depends on the proportionality of the susceptibility of ...

Dictionary definition: international (practical) temperature ...
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      700+ words ...international (practical) temperature scale ( IPTS , ITS ) temperature Metric Introduced in 1927 to ... undefined prior to ITS-90; the helium scale and Curie temperature scale providing in part for this ultra-low zone. Using helium ...