kelvin

See also Kelvin

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkɛlvən/, [ˈkʰɛlvɨn]

Etymology

Named after the Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

Noun

kelvin (plural kelvins)

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
2. A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.

   The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.

3. (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.

   Ice melts above 273.15 kelvin.

   Water boils above 373.15 kelvin.

Synonyms

• (temperature unit interval): degree Celsius, degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)
• (specific temperature): degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)

Translations

ISU temperature unit

• Finnish: kelvin (fi)
• French: kelvin (fr) m
• German: Kelvin (de) n
• Greek: κέλβιν n
• Hindi: कैल्विन (hi) (kêlvin)
• Polish: kelwin (pl) m

• Spanish: kelvin (es) m
• Swedish: kelvin (sv)
• Turkish: kelvin (tr)
• Vietnamese: kenvin [1]

See also

• kelvin (K) – entry in How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

kelvin m (plural kelvins)

1. a kelvin

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kělʋiːn/
• Hyphenation: kel‧vin

Noun

kèlvīn m (Cyrillic spelling кѐлвӣн)

1. kelvin

Declension

    declension of kelvin

	singular	plural
nominative	kèlvīn	kelvini
genitive	kelvína	kelvina
dative	kelvinu	kelvinima
accusative	kelvin	kelvine
vocative	kelvine	kelvini
locative	kelvinu	kelvinima
instrumental	kelvinom	kelvinima