Kelvin scale

scale (skāl)

1. a thin flake or compacted platelike structure, as of cornified epithelial cells on the body surface.

2. a thin fragment of tartar or other concretion on the surface of the teeth.

3. to remove material from a body surface, as encrustations from a tooth surface.

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absolute temperature scale  one with its zero at absolute zero (−273.15°C, −459.67°F).

Brazelton behavioral scale  a method for assessing infant behavior by responses to environmental stimuli.

Celsius scale  (C) a temperature scale on which 0° is officially 273.15 kelvins and 100° is 373.15 kelvins. Formerly (and still, unofficially), the degree Celsius was called the degree centigrade, with 0° at the freezing point of fresh water and 100° at the boiling point under normal atmospheric pressure.

centigrade scale  one in which the interval between two fixed points is divided into 100 equal units, as the Celsius scale.

Fahrenheit scale  (F) a temperature scale with the ice point at 32 degrees and the normal boiling point of water at 212 degrees (212°F).

French scale  a scale used for denoting the size of catheters, sounds, etc., each unit (symbol F) being roughly equivalent to 0.33 mm in diameter.

gray scale  a representation of intensities in shades of gray, as in gray scale ultrasonography.

Kelvin scale  an absolute temperature scale whose unit of measurement, the kelvin, is equivalent to the degree Celsius, the ice point therefore being at 273.15 kelvins.

temperature scale  one for expressing degree of heat, based on absolute zero as a reference point, or with a certain value arbitrarily assigned to such temperatures as the ice point and boiling point of water.

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Kelvin scale

n.

An absolute scale of temperature in which each degree equals one kelvin. Water freezes at 273.15 K and boils at 373.15 K. Also called absolute scale.

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Kelvin scale (K)

Etymology: Lord Kelvin (William Thomson), British physicist, 1824-1907

an absolute temperature scale calculated in Celsius units from the point at which molecular activity apparently ceases, -273.15° C. To convert Celsius degrees to Kelvin, add 273.15.