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kelvin | c |

As a proper noun kelvin

is a river in scotland, running through glasgow.

As a noun kelvin

is (kelvin).

As a letter c is

the third letter of the.

As a numeral c is

cardinal number one hundred (100).

As a symbol c is

carbon.

kelvin

English

(wikipedia kelvin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
  • A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
    • The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins .
  • (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
    • Ice melts above 273.15 kelvin .
    Water boils above 373.15 kelvin .

    Synonyms

    * (temperature unit interval) degree Celsius, degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (a) * (specific temperature) degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (a)

    See also

    * kelvin (K) – entry in How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement English eponyms ----

    c

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=b, next=d, image= (wikipedia c)

    Etymology 1

    Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan .

    Letter

  • The third letter of the .
    • Usage notes
    * Not to be confused with (the lunate sigma). * In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” ), based on the following letter. * In a number of languages, it is used only for the sound. * In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch. * In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents .
    See also
    (Latn-script) * Other scripts: , * Letters and symbols with similar shapes: (open O), * For more variations, see . * * (wikipedia "c")

    Symbol

    (Voiceless palatal plosive) (head)
  • voiceless palatal plosive.

    • Etymology 2

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

    Alternative forms

    * C,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number one hundred (100).
    • Usage notes
    With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.
    Derived terms
    * English: c-note
    See also
    * Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
  • (label) The space of convergent sequences

    • See also

    {{Letter, page=C , NATO=Charlie , Morse=–·–· , Character=C3 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur ----