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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'.

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