different between kelvin vs picokelvin

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

Etymology

pico- +? kelvin

Noun

picokelvin (plural picokelvins)

1. (physics) A unit of temperature equal to 10^?12 of a kelvin