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Kelvin scale

Temperature scale used by scientists. It begins at absolute zero (−273.15°C) and increases in kelvins, the same degree intervals as the Celsius scale; that is, 0°C is the same as 273.15 K and 100°C is 373.15 K. It is named after the Irish physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin.

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