temperature scale meaning

• Noun: temperature scale
  1. A system of measuring temperature

  Derived forms: temperature scales

  Type of: graduated table, metric, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement, system of measurement

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  [Electronics]
  See THERMOMETER SCALE.
  temperature-sensitive resistor See THERMISTOR.
  
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  [Thermodynamics]
  "An assignment of numbers to temperatures in a continuous manner, such that the resulting function is single valued, it is either an empirical temperature scale, based on some convenient property of a substance or object, or it measures the absolute temper"

• absolute temperature scale:    [Electronics]1. Th ...
• celsius temperature scale:    [Thermodynamics]"T ...
• centigrade temperature scale:    [Thermodynamics]Se ...

Examples

1. numerical values on any temperature scale are arbitrary.
2. international practical temperature scale-1968, ipts-68
3. temperature scale on panel for easy control
4. realization of international temperature scale
5. international practical temperature scale