kelvin
See also: Kelvin
English
Etymology
Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. For the surname, see Kelvin.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɛlvən/, [ˈkʰɛɫvɨn]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlvən
Noun
kelvin (plural kelvins or kelvin)
- 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".
- A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
- The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
- (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
- Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins.
- Water boils above 373.15 kelvins.
Usage notes
- As with all SI units, the ordinary English plural kelvins is the recommended one; however in literature it is equally common to treat it as an invariant plural, albeit nonstandard.
- The term degree Kelvin is obsolete and nowadays proscribed.
Synonyms
- (temperature unit interval): degree Celsius, degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)
- (specific temperature): degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (obsolete, nonstandard)
Translations
SI temperature unit
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛlvɪn]
Declension
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkelʋin/, [ˈk̟e̞lʋin]
- Rhymes: -elʋin
- Syllabification(key): kel‧vin
Declension
| Inflection of kelvin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | kelvin | kelvinit | ||
| genitive | kelvinin | kelvinien | ||
| partitive | kelviniä | kelvinejä | ||
| illative | kelviniin | kelvineihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kelvin | kelvinit | ||
| accusative | nom. | kelvin | kelvinit | |
| gen. | kelvinin | |||
| genitive | kelvinin | kelvinien | ||
| partitive | kelviniä | kelvinejä | ||
| inessive | kelvinissä | kelvineissä | ||
| elative | kelvinistä | kelvineistä | ||
| illative | kelviniin | kelvineihin | ||
| adessive | kelvinillä | kelvineillä | ||
| ablative | kelviniltä | kelvineiltä | ||
| allative | kelvinille | kelvineille | ||
| essive | kelvininä | kelvineinä | ||
| translative | kelviniksi | kelvineiksi | ||
| abessive | kelvinittä | kelvineittä | ||
| instructive | — | kelvinein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “kelvin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛl.vɛ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Further reading
- “kelvin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛlvin]
- Hyphenation: kel‧vin
- Rhymes: -in
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kelvin | kelvinek |
| accusative | kelvint | kelvineket |
| dative | kelvinnek | kelvineknek |
| instrumental | kelvinnel | kelvinekkel |
| causal-final | kelvinért | kelvinekért |
| translative | kelvinné | kelvinekké |
| terminative | kelvinig | kelvinekig |
| essive-formal | kelvinként | kelvinekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kelvinben | kelvinekben |
| superessive | kelvinen | kelvineken |
| adessive | kelvinnél | kelvineknél |
| illative | kelvinbe | kelvinekbe |
| sublative | kelvinre | kelvinekre |
| allative | kelvinhez | kelvinekhez |
| elative | kelvinből | kelvinekből |
| delative | kelvinről | kelvinekről |
| ablative | kelvintől | kelvinektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kelviné | kelvineké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kelvinéi | kelvinekéi |
| Possessive forms of kelvin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kelvinem | kelvinjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | kelvined | kelvinjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | kelvinje | kelvinjei |
| 1st person plural | kelvinünk | kelvinjeink |
| 2nd person plural | kelvinetek | kelvinjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | kelvinjük | kelvinjeik |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkew.vĩ/ [ˈkeʊ̯.vĩ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɛl.vin/ [ˈkɛɫ.vin]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɛl.bin/ [ˈkɛɫ.βin]
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kělʋiːn/
- Hyphenation: kel‧vin
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