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Kelvin

//ˈkɛlvɪn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river which flows through East Dunbartonshire council area and Glasgow council area, Scotland, to the River Clyde.
  2. 2
    A locality in the Griffith council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 3
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  4. 4
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage.
Noun
  1. 1
    In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; ¹⁄_(273.16) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

    "Ice melts above 273.15 kelvins."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of kelvin. alt-of
  3. 3
    the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites wordnet
  4. 4
    One degree of difference on this scale, as a unit interval.

    "The dew point here today is only 1 kelvin above what it was yesterday."

  5. 5
    A measurement of color warmth defined by the temperature kelvin at which an incandescent blackbody would emit a given color.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after Irish-born Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

Etymology 2

Of Celtic/Scottish Gaelic origin, possibly from caol (“narrow”) or coille (“wooded”) + abhainn (“river”). The surname is derived from the river. The surname was also possibly influenced by Calvert (Middle English calfhirde).

Etymology 3

Of Celtic/Scottish Gaelic origin, possibly from caol (“narrow”) or coille (“wooded”) + abhainn (“river”). The surname is derived from the river. The surname was also possibly influenced by Calvert (Middle English calfhirde).

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