noun
- plural of kelvin; units of absolute temperature measurement in the International System of Units, where zero kelvin equals absolute zero
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- Water freezes at 273.15 kelvins.
- The temperature of liquid nitrogen is about 77 kelvins.
- Scientists measured the gas at 300 kelvins.
- Absolute zero is defined as zero kelvins.
- The experiment required cooling the sample to just a few kelvins.
- Room temperature is approximately 293 kelvins.