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kelvin
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kelvin /kel·vin/ (K) (kel´vin) the base SI unit of temperature, equal to 1/273.16 of the absolute temperature of the triple point of water.
kel·vin (klvn)
n. Abbr. K
A unit of temperature in the Kelvin scale equal to 1/273.16 of the absolute temperature of the triple point of pure water.


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