Kelvin

By admin_wla | Tue, 4 Feb 2014 - 12:13
The standard unit of thermodynamic temperature. It is defined as 1/273.16 of the temperature of the triple point of water above absolute zero. The symbol for this is K. Kelvin is measured by the same temperature steps as Celsius but is shifted downwards so that 0 degrees K is absolute zero; water freezes at 273 K and boils at 373 K. Source: NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Glossary)