"kelvin" in the noun sense
1. kelvin, K
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
2. Kelvin, First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
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