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Rankine scale

Rankine scale proper noun: a scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.

Proper noun

the Rankine scale

  1. A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.

Origin of Rankine scale

Named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) who proposed the scale in 1859.

Questions about Rankine scale

What does Rankine scale mean?
Rankine scale means a scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.
What part of speech is Rankine scale?
Rankine scale is a proper noun.

Words near Rankine scale in the dictionary

  1. Rankin
  2. Rankin County
  3. Rankin Park
  4. Rankine
  5. Rankine cycle
  6. Rankine scale
  7. ranking
  8. rankings
  9. rankinite
  10. Rankins Springs
  11. Rankinston

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