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RANKINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rankine mean?
• RANKINE (noun)
The noun RANKINE has 1 sense:
1. a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale
Familiarity information: RANKINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of temperature on the Rankine scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Rankine" is a kind of...):
temperature unit (a unit of measurement for temperature)
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