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degree Rankine

degree Rankine noun: a unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 5/9 kelvin, and derived by offsetting the Fahrenheit scale to absolute zero.

Noun

degree Rankine (plural degrees Rankine)

  1. A unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 5/9 kelvin, and derived by offsetting the Fahrenheit scale to absolute zero.

degree Rankine meaning in Thai

degree Rankine in Thai

unit of temperature
องศาแรงคิน ong-sǎa-rɛɛng-kin

Forms of degree Rankine

pluraldegrees Rankine

Origin of degree Rankine

Named after the Glasgow University engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed this scale in 1859.

Questions about degree Rankine

What does degree Rankine mean?
Degree Rankine means a unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 5/9 kelvin, and derived by offsetting the Fahrenheit scale to absolute zero.
What is degree Rankine in Thai?
Degree Rankine in Thai is องศาแรงคิน (ong-sǎa-rɛɛng-kin). See Degree Rankine meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is degree Rankine?
Degree Rankine is a noun.
What is the plural of degree Rankine?
The plural of degree Rankine is degrees Rankine.

Words near degree Rankine in the dictionary

  1. degree of glory
  2. degree of ionization
  3. degree of polymerization
  4. degree place
  5. degree places
  6. degree Rankine
  7. degree sequence
  8. degree sequences
  9. degree-day
  10. degree-days
  11. degreed

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