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English

Etymology

Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. For the surname, see Kelvin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?lv?n/, [?k??lv?n]

Noun

kelvin (plural kelvins or kelvin)

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
2. A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.

3. (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.

Synonyms

• (temperature unit interval): degree Celsius, degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)
• (specific temperature): degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)

Translations

Further reading

• kelvin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

kelvin m

1. kelvin (unit of temperature)

Further reading

• kelvin in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• kelvin in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Noun

kelvin

1. kelvin (unit of temperature)

Declension

Anagrams

• kilven

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l.v??/

Noun

kelvin m (plural kelvins)

1. a kelvin

Further reading

• “kelvin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?lvin]
• Hyphenation: kel?vin
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

kelvin (plural kelvinek)

1. kelvin (base unit of thermodynamic temperature)

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

kelvin m (plural kelvins)

1. kelvin (SI temperature unit)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l?i?n/
• Hyphenation: kel?vin

Noun

kèlv?n m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. kelvin

Declension

English

Noun

kelvins

1. plural of kelvin

Usage notes

• The kelvin is defined in the SI standard to follow same rules of pluralization as other units (e.g. "the triple point of water is exactly 273.16 kelvins").

References

French

Noun

kelvins m

1. plural of kelvin

Latvian

Noun

kelvins m (1st declension)

1. kelvin

Declension