degree Rankine

English

Etymology

Named after the Glasgow University engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed this scale in 1859.

Noun

degree Rankine (plural degrees Rankine)

1. A unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 5/9 kelvin, and derived by offsetting the Fahrenheit scale to absolute zero.

Translations

unit of temperature

• Thai: องศาแรงคิน (ong-sǎa-rɛɛng-kin)