RANKINE SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rankine scale mean? 

• RANKINE SCALE (noun)
  The noun RANKINE SCALE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: RANKINE SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANKINE SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

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)