Kelvin

  1. Proper noun.  A river in Scotland, running through Glasgow.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, from Scottish Gaelic) .
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surname; rather rare.
  4. Noun.  (alternative capitalization of, kelvin) .
  5. Noun.  In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
  6. Noun.  A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
  7. Noun.  (context, usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.

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