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Kelvin

Kelvin

See also: kelvin

English

Proper noun

Kelvin

  1. A river in Scotland, running through Glasgow.
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname; rather rare.

Derived terms

Noun

Kelvin (plural Kelvins)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of kelvin

German

Noun

Kelvin n (genitive Kelvins, plural Kelvin)

  1. kelvin (unit)

Declension

kelvin

kelvin

See also: Kelvin

English

Noun

kelvin (plural kelvins)

  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.
    The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
  3. (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
    Ice melts above 273.15 kelvin.
    Water boils above 373.15 kelvin.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

  • kelvin (K)  entry in How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kelvin m (plural kelvins)

  1. a kelvin

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛlvin]
  • Hyphenation: kel‧vin

Noun

kelvin (plural kelvinek)

  1. kelvin (base unit of thermodynamic temperature)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kelvin kelvinek
accusative kelvint kelvineket
dative kelvinnek kelvineknek
instrumental kelvinnel kelvinekkel
causal-final kelvinért kelvinekért
translative kelvinné kelvinekké
terminative kelvinig kelvinekig
essive-formal kelvinként kelvinekként
essive-modal
inessive kelvinben kelvinekben
superessive kelvinen kelvineken
adessive kelvinnél kelvineknél
illative kelvinbe kelvinekbe
sublative kelvinre kelvinekre
allative kelvinhez kelvinekhez
elative kelvinből kelvinekből
delative kelvinről kelvinekről
ablative kelvintől kelvinektől
Possessive forms of kelvin
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kelvinem kelvinjeim
2nd person sing. kelvined kelvinjeid
3rd person sing. kelvinje kelvinjei
1st person plural kelvinünk kelvinjeink
2nd person plural kelvinetek kelvinjeitek
3rd person plural kelvinjük kelvinjeik

Portuguese

Noun

kelvin m (plural kelvins)

  1. kelvin (SI temperature unit)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kělʋiːn/
  • Hyphenation: kel‧vin

Noun

kèlvīn m (Cyrillic spelling кѐлвӣн)

  1. kelvin

Declension