Celsius vs. Kelvin

Celsiusnoun

alternative case form of Celsius

Celsiusnoun

The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

Celsiusnoun

Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)

Celsius

The degree Celsius is a unit of temperature on the Celsius scale, a temperature scale originally known as the centigrade scale. The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale or a unit to indicate a difference or range between two temperatures.

Kelvinnoun

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".

Kelvinnoun

A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.

Kelvinnoun

(usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.

Kelvinnoun

The SI unit of temperature, defined as being 1/273.16 of the triple point of water; abbreviated K. The melting point of water at 760 mm pressure is 273.15 Kelvins, and the boiling point 373.15 Kelvins. One degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade, and

Kelvinnoun

the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Kelvinnoun

British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)

Kelvin

The kelvin is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol K. It is named after the Belfast-born Glasgow University engineer and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907). The kelvin is now defined by fixing the numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to 1.380649×10−23 J⋅K−1.