RANKINE SCALE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("Rankine scale" is a kind of...):

temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)

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