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absolute temperature

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noun

  1. another name for thermodynamic temperature

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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PhD candidate Frederick Held adds: "Until now, we have been able to describe the trends, but it would be great if we were able to establish an absolute temperature value."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024

It is used extensively in scientific work because a number of physical quantities, such as the volume of an ideal gas, are directly related to absolute temperature.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Second, it’s not about the absolute temperature or the absolute amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

From Forbes ● Jul. 28, 2013

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in whose honour the absolute temperature scale is now named, was among the most distinguished scientists of the late 19th century.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2013

The formula for thermal efficiency is: T1 - T2 ——— T1 in which T1  =  absolute temperature of steam at initial pressure.

From Steam Engines Machinery's Reference Series, Number 70 by Anonymous

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