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Definition of Absolute zero

1. Noun. (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit.

Definition of Absolute zero

1. Noun. (context: physics) The coldest possible temperature, zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; total absence of heat; temperature at which motion of all molecules would cease. ¹

2. Noun. (context: slang) A person or thing of absolutely no consequence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Absolute zero

1. This is the lowest possible temperature (0 Kelvin, -273.15 degrees Celsius, -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit). at this temperature, all molecular motion stops. (15 Jan 1998)

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Literary usage of Absolute zero

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"By R. SCHENK, Ph.D. The scale of absolute temperature is now so much used in the mechanical theory of heat, that the^absolute zero of temperature has in ..."

2. A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers by William John Macquorn Rankine (1859)
"This is called the absolute zero of the perfect gas thermometer. By reckoning temperatures from it, the laws of all the phenomena which depend on ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Hence from the above equations for Matthias's diameter, if Vo = the molecular volume at absolute zero, we have V0 = 21-21 for oxygen, Vo = 25'49 for ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1897)
"Amontons was the first to hit upon the idea of a "coldest point " or absolute zero of temperature. His idea in a modified form persists in physics to-day. ..."

5. The Kinetic Theory of Gases: Elementary Treatise with Mathematical Appendices by Oskar Emil Meyer (1899)
"absolute zero of Temperature The law just found allows the position of the so-called absolute zero of temperature for gaseous bodies to be determined. ..."

6. College Physics by John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guther (1911)
"This point is called the zero point of the hydrogen scale, or the absolute zero. Temperatures measured on this scale are called absolute temperatures. ..."

7. An Elementary Treatise on Heat by Balfour Stewart (1866)
"absolute zero of temperature. One peculiarity of this expression remains to be remarked. If TR = o, then the work produced is JQS; that is to say, ..."

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