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Kelvin, Lord William Thomson

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Kelvin,

Lord William Thomson, Scottish physicist, 1824-1907.

kelvin (K) - a unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

Kelvin scale - temperature scale in which the triple point of water is assigned the value of 273.16 K.

Kelvin thermometer

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