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1. (n.) Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.

2. Kelvin
(l.c.) the base SI unit of temperature, defined to be

3. (adj.) Kelvin
of or pertaining to an absolute scale of temperature

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1. (noun) kelvin, K
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. (noun) Kelvin, First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)

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