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absolute temperature scale

noun

, Thermodynamics.
  1. temperature absolute temperature as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero absolute zero, as the Kelvin scale.


absolute temperature scale

  1. A temperature scale having absolute zero as the lowest temperature. Absolute temperature scales only have positive numbers. The Kelvin scale and the Rankine scale are absolute temperature scales.


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On the night of the launch, the sky was clear, with no precipitation or wind, and the temperature was 292 degrees by the absolute temperature scale.

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