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kelvins

kelvins is the plural of kelvin.

Meaning of kelvin

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.
    • Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins.
  2. One degree of difference on this scale, as a unit interval.
    • The dew point here today is only 1 kelvin above what it was yesterday.
  3. A measurement of color warmth defined by the temperature kelvin at which an incandescent blackbody would emit a given color.

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Noun capitalized: Kelvins

Kelvins

  1. (plural) plural of Kelvin

Questions about kelvins

What is kelvins the plural of?
Kelvins is the plural of kelvin.
What part of speech is kelvins?
Kelvins is a noun.

Words near kelvins in the dictionary

  1. Kelvin-Joule effects
  2. Kelvin-Stokes theorem
  3. Kelvin-Voigt material
  4. Kelvindale
  5. Kelvinhaugh
  6. kelvins
  7. Kelvinside
  8. Kelvinverse
  9. kelyanite
  10. Kelynack
  11. kelyphite

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