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Noun: kelvin (kelvin,kelvins)  kel-vin
  1. The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Système International d'Unités
    - K
Noun: Kelvin  kel-vin
  1. British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
    - First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson

Derived forms: kelvins, kelvin

Type of: physicist, temperature unit

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