absolute temperature
Britishnoun
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Nor is the absolute temperature itself the key metric; what is important is whether the temperature surpasses records set in the same place over the last 72 years.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
It is an absolute temperature scale defined to have 0 K at the lowest possible temperature, called absolute zero.
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
It was suggested by Stefan in the inaccurate form that the total radiant energy of emission from bodies varies as the fourth power of the absolute temperature, as a generalization from the results of experiments.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
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