Article: kelvin

Encyclopedia entry: International System of Units
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      368 words ...International System of Units officially called the Syst ... temperature measured on the Kelvin temperature scale ), the candela, or candle , of ... of Standards, Spec. Pub. 330, International System of Units (1971).

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 ... degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale . Absolute zero , or 0°Ra, is the temperature ...

Encyclopedia entry: Kelvin temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      384 words ...Kelvin temperature scale a temperature scale having an absolute zero below which temperatures do not ... to a temperature of -273.15° on the Celsius temperature scale . The Kelvin degree is the same size as the Celsius degree ...

Encyclopedia entry: Celsius temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      377 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 ...

Encyclopedia entry: Fahrenheit temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      415 words ...Fahrenheit temperature scale , temperature scale in which the temperature difference between two reference ... Macquorn Rankine used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now called the Rankine temperature scale , in 1859 ...

Article: TEMPERATURE SCALE
Young Students Learning Library;      687 words ... ... the scale of the thermometer. A temperature scale is marked off in degrees. A weather ... Fahrenheit.'' The Fahrenheit temperature scale, which is still commonly used in ... at 212°F. The Celsius temperature scale, also called the centigrade scale ...

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 ...