ABSOLUTE SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absolute scale mean? 

• ABSOLUTE SCALE (noun)
  The noun ABSOLUTE SCALE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ABSOLUTE SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSOLUTE SCALE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

absolute scale; Kelvin scale

Hypernyms ("absolute scale" is a kind of...):

temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)