from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A scale of absolute temperature having the same degree increments as those of the Fahrenheit scale, in which the freezing point of water is 491.69° and the boiling point of water is 671.69°.
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- n. a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees
After William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scottish engineer and physicist.(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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