Dictionary
ab'solute tem'perature scale"
Thermodynam.
temperature
(ab'solute tem'perature) as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero
(ab'solute ze'ro), as the Kelvin scale. Also called
ab'solute scale'. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.