the temperature scale at which the freezing point of water is 273 K and the boiling point is 373 K; 0 K is absolute zero. (see Celsius temperature scale)
An absolute temperature scale independent of the thermometric properties of the working substance. The ice point in the Kelvin scale is 273.16°K. 0°K is the absence of all molecular movement.
A scale of temperature based on Absolute Zero. Zero degrees kelvin is equivalent to - 273 degrees Celsius (- 459 degrees Fahrenheit).
Also known as the thermodynamic temperature scale, the Kelvin Scale is an absolute temperature scale in which temperature differences are proportional to the amount of heat energy converted to mechanical work by a Carnot engine. The ice point on the Kelvin Scale is 273.15K. A useful approximation for conversion of the Kelvin Scale to the Celsius scale is: T(K)=T(C)+273.15.
An internationally agreed upon temperature scale, equal to the Celsius (or centigrade) scale plus 273 degrees; hence water freezes at 273 kelvins and boils at 373 kelvins.
A temperature scale in which 0 degrees is the point at which all molecular motion ceases (absolute zero).
temperature scale with the degree interval of the centigrade scale and the zero point at absolute zero. On the Kelvin scale, water freezes at 273° and boils at 373°. See absolute temperature scale.
An absolute temperature scale with the ice point of pure water defined as 273.16K. The size of the degree is the same as on the Celsius scale, and the zero point is absolute zero. Temperatures on this scale are called kelvins, not degrees kelvin, the unit kelvin is not capitalized, and the symbol (capital K) stands alone with no degree symbol. There are no negative temperatures in the Kelvin scale. In photometry, the Kelvin scale is used to express "color temperature," a simplified way to characterize the spectral properties of a light source. Technically, color temperature refers to the temperature to which one would have to heat a theoretical "black body" source to produce light of the same visual color. The Kelvin temperature scale is named after the British mathematician and physicist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), who proposed it in 1848.
An absolute temperature scale based upon the triple point of pure water defined as 273.16° K. The size of the degree is the same as on the Celsius scale, and the zero point is absolute zero.
A measure of temperature with its zero point located at "absolute zero," the point at which the random motion of atoms and molecules ceases. Each degree has the same change as in Celcius, and zero degrees Celcius is at 273.16 K
A temperature scale with the freezing point of +273°K (Kelvin) and the boiling point of +373° K. It is used primarily for scientific purposes. Also known as the Absolute Temperature Scale. Proposed in 1848 by William T. Kelvin, 1st Baron of Largs (1824-1907), Irish-born Scottish physicist and mathematician.
Kelvin is a temperature scale designed so that 0K is defined as absolute zero and the size of one unit is the same as the size of one degree Celsius. Water freezes at 273.16K; water boils at 373.16K. This temperature scale was designed by Lord Kelvin (William Thompson, 1824 - 1907). [ K = C + 273°, F = 9/5C + 32°].
One in which the unit of measurement equals that of the centigrade degree and according to which absolute zero is 0 degrees, equivalent to -273.16°C.