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kelvin abbr. K, official name in the International System of Units (SI) for the degree of temperature as measured on the Kelvin temperature scale .

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kelvin Symbol K. The SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. The magnitude of the kelvin is equal to that of the degree Celsius (centigrade), but a temperature expressed in degrees Celsius is numerically equal to the temperature in kelvins less 273.15 (i.e. °C = K – 273.15). The unit is named after Lord Kelvin (1824–1907).

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kel·vin / ˈkelvən/ (abbr.: K) • n. the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius.

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