2. Noun. (plural of kelvin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kelvins
1. kelvin [n] - See also: kelvin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kelvins
kelping kelps kelpware kelpwort kelpy kelson kelsons kelt kelter kelters | keltie kelties kelts kelty kelvin kelvins kelyanite kelyphite kelyphites kemancha | kemb kembed kembing kembo kemboed kemboing kembos kembs kemelin kemelins |
Literary usage of Kelvins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electric Cooking, Heating, Cleaning, Etc.: Being a Manual of Electricity in by Maud Lucas Lancaster (1914)
"Jd. all above first 100 kelvins per quarter. The department has a tariff whereby a
... (1st 100 kelvins per half year), lid. per kelvin for next 400, ..."
2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"The first superconductors to be discovered were metals or alloys with low critical
temperatures of less than 23 kelvins or -250°C. The new class of ceramic ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"The energy in the coal consumed per annum amounts to: Load factor 1.00 0.75 0.50
Mega-kelvins of energy in the coal 4660. 3750. 2690. ..."
4. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization: Technology Applications Report (1994) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... temperature of liquid nitrogen (77 kelvins, or -196 degrees Celsius)— well
above the much more difficult to obtain liquid-helium temperatures (4 kelvins ..."
5. Transactions (1913)
"One hundred stat-volts per cm. would produce in air a flux density of 100 kelvins
per sq. cm., that is to say, the critical flux density producing breakdown ..."