Absolute scale

temperature (absolute temperature) as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is -ssigned the value zero (absolute zero) as the kelvin scale.
historical examples

the absolute scale, long familiar to physicists, has recently come into somewhat limited use in meteorology.
meteorology charles fitzhugh talman

they will be of immense advantage in giving you a sense of absolute scale.
the brochure series of architectural ill-stration, vol 1, no. 2. february 1895. various

one advantage that the absolute scale possesses over the others is that it has no below-zero readings.
meteorology charles fitzhugh talman

scientists have been able to obtain temperatures of extreme cold far down on the absolute scale.
physics willis eugene tower

psychologists tore their hair and bewailed the absence of an absolute scale for humanity.
the hour of battle robert sheckley

how does one change a reading on the centigrade scale to a corresponding reading on the absolute scale?
physics willis eugene tower

the zero of the absolute scale is 460° below the zero of fahrenheit.
inventors at work george iles

as to the temperature of the sun, we shall adopt the common estimate of about 6300°c. on the absolute scale.
climatic changes ellsworth huntington

absolute scale n.
see kelvin scale.
absolute temperature scale
a temperature scale having absolute zero as the lowest temperature. absolute temperature scales only have positive numbers. the kelvin scale and the rankine scale are absolute temperature scales. compare relative temperature scale.