Rankine degree
Physics and Engineering
noun
A degree of the Rankine scale; abbreviated °R or R.
Origin
1960s.
- softball
- soft-boiled
- soft box
- soft-centred
- soft clam
- soft coal
- soft copy
- soft-core
- softcover
- soft crab
- soft drink
- soften
- softener
- softening of the brain
- soften (or cushion) the blow
- soft focus
- soft fruit
- soft furnishings
- soft goods
- soft-headed
- soft-headedness
- soft-hearted
- soft-heartedness
- soft-hued
- soft hyphen