Kelvin
pronunciation
How to pronounce Kelvin in British English:
UK ['kelvɪn]
How to pronounce Kelvin in American English:
US ['kelvɪn]
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- Noun:
- the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Word Origin
- Kelvin
- unit of absolute temperature scale, 1911, in honor of British physicist Sir William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).
Example
- 1. Then the curse of kelvin strikes . Health is measured easily enough .
- 2. Even the most hardy of construction materials cannot withstand temperatures of more than a few thousand kelvin .
- 3. For the first time , kelvin probe force microscopy shows how electrical charge is distributed in a single molecule .
- 4. Lord kelvin and I have made new arrangements to conquer lanzhou .
- 5. " The stability against freezing of martian fluids can explain saline water activity on the surface of mars at mean global temperatures well below 273 kelvin , " they wrote .