Kelvin -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics (original) (raw)

A temperature scale whose zero point is absolute zero, the temperature of 0 entropy at which all molecular motion stops, -273.15° C. The size of a degree Kelvin is the same as the size of a degree Celsius.

The kelvin is one of the seven fundamental SI units and is defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (BIPM 1998, p. 96).

Absolute Temperature, Absolute Zero, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Rankine, Temperature

References

Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. "The International System of Units (SI), 7th ed." 1998. http://www1.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/.