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See also: Kelvin
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. For the surname, see Kelvin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kelvin (plural kelvins or kelvin)
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
- A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
- The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
- (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
- Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins.
- Water boils above 373.15 kelvins.
Usage notes[edit]
- As with all SI units, the ordinary English plural kelvins is the recommended one; however in literature it is equally common to treat it as an invariant plural, albeit nonstandard.
- The term degree Kelvin is obsolete and nowadays proscribed.
Synonyms[edit]
- (temperature unit interval): degree Celsius, degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)
- (specific temperature): degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)
Translations[edit]
SI temperature unit
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Further reading[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kelvin m inan
- kelvin (unit of temperature)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- kelvin in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- kelvin in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kelvin
- kelvin (unit of temperature)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kelvin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kelvin | kelvinit | ||
genitive | kelvinin | kelvinien | ||
partitive | kelviniä | kelvinejä | ||
illative | kelviniin | kelvineihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kelvin | kelvinit | ||
accusative | nom. | kelvin | kelvinit | |
gen. | kelvinin | |||
genitive | kelvinin | kelvinien | ||
partitive | kelviniä | kelvinejä | ||
inessive | kelvinissä | kelvineissä | ||
elative | kelvinistä | kelvineistä | ||
illative | kelviniin | kelvineihin | ||
adessive | kelvinillä | kelvineillä | ||
ablative | kelviniltä | kelvineiltä | ||
allative | kelvinille | kelvineille | ||
essive | kelvininä | kelvineinä | ||
translative | kelviniksi | kelvineiksi | ||
abessive | kelvinittä | kelvineittä | ||
instructive | — | kelvinein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “kelvin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kelvin m (plural kelvins)
- a kelvin (unit of temperature)
Further reading[edit]
- “kelvin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kelvin (plural kelvinek)
- kelvin (base unit of thermodynamic temperature)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kelvin | kelvinek |
accusative | kelvint | kelvineket |
dative | kelvinnek | kelvineknek |
instrumental | kelvinnel | kelvinekkel |
causal-final | kelvinért | kelvinekért |
translative | kelvinné | kelvinekké |
terminative | kelvinig | kelvinekig |
essive-formal | kelvinként | kelvinekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kelvinben | kelvinekben |
superessive | kelvinen | kelvineken |
adessive | kelvinnél | kelvineknél |
illative | kelvinbe | kelvinekbe |
sublative | kelvinre | kelvinekre |
allative | kelvinhez | kelvinekhez |
elative | kelvinből | kelvinekből |
delative | kelvinről | kelvinekről |
ablative | kelvintől | kelvinektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kelviné | kelvineké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kelvinéi | kelvinekéi |
Possessive forms of kelvin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kelvinem | kelvinjeim |
2nd person sing. | kelvined | kelvinjeid |
3rd person sing. | kelvinje | kelvinjei |
1st person plural | kelvinünk | kelvinjeink |
2nd person plural | kelvinetek | kelvinjeitek |
3rd person plural | kelvinjük | kelvinjeik |
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kelvin m (plural kelvins)
- kelvin (SI temperature unit)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English kelvin or French kelvin.
Noun[edit]
kelvin m (uncountable)
- a kelvin (unit of temperature)
Declension[edit]
declension of kelvin (singular only)
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) kelvin | kelvinul |
genitive/dative | (unui) kelvin | kelvinului |
vocative | kelvinule |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kèlvīn m (Cyrillic spelling кѐлвӣн)
Declension[edit]
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