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Kelvin comparison table |
Subject | is named after | has absolute zero | is an acronym for | has definition | has symbol | has approval agency | has triple point of water | has synonym | is a kind of | has approval date | is an instance of | convert to Celsiu | is a unit of |
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base SI unit | Syteme Internationale | a unit assumed to be mutually independent from which all other units are derived | SI unit | ||||||||||
temperature unit | -has source: Jerrard, H.G., McNeill, D.B. 1992 Dictionary of Scientific Units, Chapman and Hall | A temperature unit is a measure of the average kinetic energy per degree of freedom of the constituent molecules. | -has source: Jerrard, H.G., McNeill, D.B. 1992 Dictionary of Scientific Units, Chapman and Hall | unit | temperature | ||||||||
Kelvin | Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) | 0 | Syteme Internationale | Unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water | K | 16th CGPM | 273.16 | absolute | 1968 | base SI unit | subtract 273.15 | temperature |
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