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rankine scale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
rank-ine s-cale
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.

Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) who proposed the scale in 1859.

Inflected Forms

the Rankine scale (canonical)

Phrases

degree Rankine

Frequently Paired Words

degree Rankine Celsius scale Fahrenheit scale Kelvin scale Réaumur scale

Questions

What does rankine scale mean?
A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero and degrees having the same measure as the degree Fahrenheit of the Fahrenheit scale.
Where does rankine scale come from?
Named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) who proposed the scale in 1859.

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