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absolute scale
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English
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Translations
1.3
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English
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Pronunciation
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(
US
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈæb.səˌlut skeɪl/
,
/ˌæb.səˈljut skeɪl/
Noun
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absolute
scale
(
uncountable
)
(
metrology
)
A
temperature
scale
whose zero corresponds to
absolute zero
such as the
Kelvin scale
or
Rankine scale
.
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1
]
Translations
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temperature scale based on absolute zero
Finnish:
absoluuttinen
lämpötila
-
asteikko
Portuguese:
escala absoluta
f
Tagalog:
sukurang wagas
References
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^
Philip Babcock Gove (editor),
Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged
(G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909],
→ISBN
), page 6
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