absolute scale

absolute scale
absolute temperature scale 1. a temperature scale with its zero at absolute zero (−273.15°C, −459.67°F). 2. Kelvin s.

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  • absolute temperature scale — Thermodynam. temperature (absolute temperature) as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero (absolute zero), as the Kelvin scale. Also called absolute scale …   Useful english dictionary

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