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Kelvin vs Temp - What's the difference?

kelvin | temp |

As nouns the difference between kelvin and temp

is that kelvin is (kelvin) while temp is time.

As a proper noun kelvin

is a river in scotland, running through glasgow.

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 ----

    temp

    English

    (wikipedia temp)

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • temperature
  • temporary

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a temporary employee, usually in an office
  • (computing, informal, mostly, attributive) a temporary storage location
  • * 2001 , John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware
    • Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.
  • * 2014 , Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)
    • That is, r -values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps )

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To work as a temporary employee.
  • * 2007 , , 01:24:50
  • *:--I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.