See also: Kelvin

English

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Etymology

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Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. For the surname, see Kelvin.

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kelvin (plural kelvins or kelvin)

  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
  2. A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
    The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins.
  3. (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.

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  • 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  • The term degree Kelvin is obsolete and nowadays proscribed.

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Czech

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Noun

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kelvin m inan

  1. kelvin (unit of temperature)

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Further reading

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  • kelvin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • kelvin in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Kelvin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkelʋin/, [ˈk̟e̞lʋin]
  • Rhymes: -elʋin
  • Syllabification(key): kel‧vin

Noun

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kelvin

  1. kelvin (unit of temperature)

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Inflection of kelvin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of kelvin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kelvinini kelvinini
accusative nom. kelvinini kelvinini
gen. kelvinini
genitive kelvinini kelvinieni
partitive kelviniäni kelvinejäni
inessive kelvinissäni kelvineissäni
elative kelvinistäni kelvineistäni
illative kelviniini kelvineihini
adessive kelvinilläni kelvineilläni
ablative kelviniltäni kelvineiltäni
allative kelvinilleni kelvineilleni
essive kelvininäni kelvineinäni
translative kelvinikseni kelvineikseni
abessive kelvinittäni kelvineittäni
instructive
comitative kelvineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kelvinisi kelvinisi
accusative nom. kelvinisi kelvinisi
gen. kelvinisi
genitive kelvinisi kelviniesi
partitive kelviniäsi kelvinejäsi
inessive kelvinissäsi kelvineissäsi
elative kelvinistäsi kelvineistäsi
illative kelviniisi kelvineihisi
adessive kelvinilläsi kelvineilläsi
ablative kelviniltäsi kelvineiltäsi
allative kelvinillesi kelvineillesi
essive kelvininäsi kelvineinäsi
translative kelviniksesi kelvineiksesi
abessive kelvinittäsi kelvineittäsi
instructive
comitative kelvineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kelvinimme kelvinimme
accusative nom. kelvinimme kelvinimme
gen. kelvinimme
genitive kelvinimme kelviniemme
partitive kelviniämme kelvinejämme
inessive kelvinissämme kelvineissämme
elative kelvinistämme kelvineistämme
illative kelviniimme kelvineihimme
adessive kelvinillämme kelvineillämme
ablative kelviniltämme kelvineiltämme
allative kelvinillemme kelvineillemme
essive kelvininämme kelvineinämme
translative kelviniksemme kelvineiksemme
abessive kelvinittämme kelvineittämme
instructive
comitative kelvineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kelvininne kelvininne
accusative nom. kelvininne kelvininne
gen. kelvininne
genitive kelvininne kelvinienne
partitive kelviniänne kelvinejänne
inessive kelvinissänne kelvineissänne
elative kelvinistänne kelvineistänne
illative kelviniinne kelvineihinne
adessive kelvinillänne kelvineillänne
ablative kelviniltänne kelvineiltänne
allative kelvinillenne kelvineillenne
essive kelvininänne kelvineinänne
translative kelviniksenne kelvineiksenne
abessive kelvinittänne kelvineittänne
instructive
comitative kelvineinenne

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French

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kelvin m (plural kelvins)

  1. a kelvin (unit of temperature)

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛlvin]
  • Hyphenation: kel‧vin
  • Rhymes: -in

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kelvin (plural kelvinek)

  1. kelvin (base unit of thermodynamic temperature)

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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

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kelvin m (plural kelvins)

  1. kelvin (SI temperature unit)

Romanian

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Borrowed from English kelvin or French kelvin.

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kelvin m (uncountable)

  1. a kelvin (unit of temperature)

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Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /kělʋiːn/
  • Hyphenation: kel‧vin

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kèlvīn m (Cyrillic spelling кѐлвӣн)

  1. kelvin

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