absolute temperature meaning

Noun: absolute temperature  'absu`loot 'tempuruchu(r)

1. Temperature measured on the absolute scale

Derived forms: absolute temperatures

Type of: temperature

Encyclopedia: Absolute temperature

[Electronics]
Temperature measured on either the Kelvin or Rankine scales, where zero represents the total absence of heat energy.

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1. approximate absolute temperature scale
2. mat manifold absolute temperature
3. the pressure of a gas is ( directly ) proportional to its absolute temperature when its volume remains constant
4. the variation of the return rate constant k with different absolute temperature t deviates arrhenius empiric equation
5. Absolute thermometers are calibrated numerically by the thermodynamic absolute temperature scale.