absolute temperature scale

American  

noun

Thermodynamics.

1. temperature absolute temperature as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero absolute zero, as the Kelvin scale.

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absolute temperature scale Scientific  

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.

2. Compare relative temperature scale

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Example Sentences

It is an absolute temperature scale defined to have 0 K at the lowest possible temperature, called absolute zero.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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