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Rankine scale
Ran·kine scale R0041400 (răng′kĭn)n. A scale of absolute temperature having the same degree increments as those of the Fahrenheit scale, in which the freezing point of water is 491.69° and the boiling point is 671.69°.
[After William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scottish engineer and physicist.]Rankine scale n (General Physics) an absolute scale of temperature in which the unit of temperature is equal to that on the Fahrenheit scale and the zero value of temperature is equal to –459.67°F. Compare Kelvin scale Thesaurus| Noun | 1.Rankine scale - a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degreestemperature scale - a system of measuring temperature |
EncyclopediaSeeRankine temperature scaleRankine scale
Ran·kine scale (ran'kĭn), a thermometer scale in which each degree Rankine (°Rank) is equal to the Fahrenheit but applied to the absolute temperature scale with its zero point at absolute zero; °Rank = °F + 459.67. [William Rankine] Rankine scale An obsolete temperature scale with a zero-point at absolute zero, and which uses Fahrenheit degrees.Rankine, William J. McQ., Scottish physicist, 1820-1870. Rankine scale - a thermometer scale with its zero point at absolute zero.Rankine scale
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