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ˈræŋ kɪnrank·ine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rankinenoun

    a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale

Wiktionary

  1. Rankinenoun

    a Scottish and Northern Irish surname, variant of Rankin.

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  1. Rankine

    Rankine is a surname.

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  1. rankine

    The Rankine is a unit of temperature typically used in engineering fields. It is part of the Imperial system of units, largely used in the United States. It is abbreviated as 'R' or 'Ra'. The Rankine scale is an absolute temperature scale, meaning it starts from absolute zero, the temperature at which all molecular motion ceases. On the Rankine scale, absolute zero is 0 degrees Rankine (0 °R), and a temperature difference of 1 degree Rankine is equivalent to a difference of 1 degree Fahrenheit. It is named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RANKINE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rankine is ranked #33941 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rankine surname appeared 670 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rankine.

    57.1% or 383 total occurrences were Black.
    34.4% or 231 total occurrences were White.
    3.2% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.2% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rankine in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rankine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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