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