termodünaamilise temperatuuri skaala, mille nullpunktiks on absoluutne null (vt absoluutne null; compare: Celsiuse skaala)
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Vastab vee kolmikpunkti temperatuurile, milleks on 272,16 K, st vee külmumistemperatuurile (0 oC) vastab 273,16 K. Ühikuks on kelvin, K.
a scale of temperature based on the termodynamic principle of the performance of a reversible heat engine (see: absolute zero; compare: Celsius scale)
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The temperature of the triple point of water is assigned the value 273,16 K; the temperature interval corresponds to that of Celsius scale so that freezing point of water (0 oC) is 273,16 K. The unit is kelvin, K.
