Rankine scale

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Etymology

Named after Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) who proposed the scale in 1859.

Noun

Rankine scale

  1. A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.
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