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absolute_scale

absolute scale

English

Noun

absolute scale (uncountable)

  1. (metrology) A temperature scale whose zero corresponds to absolute zero such as the Kelvin scale or Rankine scale.[1]

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References

  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 6