absolute scale

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   a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees

   SynonymsKelvin scale

   Broadertemperature scale

Questions about absolute scale

What does absolute scale mean?

absolute scale means "a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees".

What is another word for absolute scale?

Close synonyms include Kelvin scale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absolute scale a common word?

absolute scale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.