william jm rankine

noun

William John Mac·quorn

[muh-kwawrn] , 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.

adjective

Thermodynamics. pertaining to an absolute temperature scale (Rankine scale) in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Fahrenheit scale and in which 0° Rankine equals −459.7° Fahrenheit. Compare absolute temperature scale, Kelvin ( defs 2, 3 ).

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rankine
noun
a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale

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