Rankine

[ rang-kin ]

noun

1. William John Mac·quorn [m, uh, -, kwawrn], 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.

adjective

1. Thermodynamics. pertaining to an absolute temperature scale Rankine scale in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Fahrenheit scale and in which 0° Rankine equals −459.7° Fahrenheit. Compare absolute temperature scale, Kelvin ( defs 2, 3 ).

Example Sentences

This function is the quantity called by Rankine the “heat-potential” of the substance for the given kind of work.

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Tredgold and Rankine estimate the weight of a dense crowd at 120 pounds per square foot.

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Professor Rankine and Mr. Lazlett experimented principally upon foreign woods.

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The route he describes is almost on a direct line from Mount Rankine to Carpentaria.

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He broke off, for Rankine was coming toward them, and he saw his sister's face flush prettily.

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