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What does the word kelvin mean?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It's a temperature scale invented by Lord Kelvin, hence the name.

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What does the name Kelvin mean?

The name Kelvin is of Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic word "caol" meaning narrow or slender. It is commonly associated with the River Kelvin in Scotland and the physicist Lord Kelvin for whom the Kelvin temperature scale is named.


How do you pronounce the word Kelvin?

You pronounce the word 'Kelvin' ak KEL-VIN


Use the word kelvin in a sentence?

The temperature outside is currently 20 degrees Kelvin.


What does K mean in temp?

Its KELVIN


What are the units of absolute temperature?

If you mean unit for absolute temperature, the Kelvin is usually used.


Can there be a - 200 k degree?

If with "k" you mean "Kelvin", no: the lowest possible temperature is zero Kelvin.


Where did the word kelvin come from?

From Sir William Thomas, Lord Kelvin, who was an English mathematician and physicist (1827 - 1907)


What does k mean pertaining to tempts?

Kelvin.


What is the best word for science?

Bios by kelvin anthony


What is the relation between kelvin and Fahrenheit?

Kelvin, is another word for celcius. Fahrenheit, is a kind of degrees.


What those kelvin mean as a name?

Shoop da Woop


The kilopascal is to pressure as the Kelvin scale is to the average energy of what?

They were looking for the word "temperature".

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