Kelvin Definition & Meaning

kelvin
noun
  1. the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
  2. British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)

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