Article: absolute temperature scale

Dictionary definition: Rankine temperature scale
A Dictionary of Physics;      268 words ...Rankine temperature scale An absolute temperature scale based on the Fahrenheit scale. Absolute zero on this scale, 0°R, is equivalent to −459.67°F and the melting point of ice (32°F) is therefore ...

Dictionary definition: Curie temperature scale
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      289 words ...Curie temperature scale temperature (also magnetic temperature ... lower limit of the international temperature scale . It depends on the proportionality ... paramagnetic material to the absolute temperature (Curie's law).

Article: Kelvin temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      392 words ... ... 15° on the Celsius temperature scale . The Kelvin degree is the ... merely use the letter K. The temperature scale is named after the British ... proposed it in 1848. Another absolute temperature scale, the Rankine temperature ...

Article: Celsius temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      385 words ...Celsius temperature scale , temperature scale according to which the temperature difference between ... William Thomson Kelvin used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now known as the Kelvin temperature scale , in 1848 ...

Article: Fahrenheit temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      423 words ...Fahrenheit temperature scale , temperature scale in which the temperature difference between two reference ... William John Macquorn Rankine used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now called the Rankine temperature scale , in 1859 ...

Article: Swedish Inventors Develop Absolute Temperature ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 24, 2007 ;     508 words ... ... Sweden, have developed an Absolute temperature measuring apparatus and a ... method for determining the absolute temperature of a substance, comprising the steps of: sensing the absolute temperature of the substance and generating ...

Dictionary definition: absolute temperature
A Dictionary of Physics;      227 words ...absolute temperature See absolute ; temperature .