RANKINE


Meaning of RANKINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈraŋ-kən ]

adjective

Etymology: William J. M. Rankine died 1872 Scottish engineer & physicist

Date: circa 1926

: being, according to, or relating to an absolute-temperature scale on which the unit of measurement equals a Fahrenheit degree and on which the freezing point of water is 491.67° and the boiling point 671.67°

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