kelvins
- 1Plural of kelvin.
The star's surface burns at several thousand kelvins.
Engineers raised the chamber temperature by twelve kelvins overnight.
Note
A regular plural that serves every use of the unit. It counts absolute temperatures, such as a surface at several thousand kelvins, and differences between them, such as twelve kelvins warmer. It also measures the color warmth of light. One kelvin matches one degree Celsius in size, so an interval reads the same on either scale. The capitalized Kelvin is a Scottish river and a surname, a separate word that this plural does not count.
kelvins is a form of kelvin
kelvin, noun: The base unit of thermodynamic temperature in the International System of Units, equal to very nearly 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Full entry
- Forms
- kelvinkelvins plural
- Spelling
- kelvin → kelvins: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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