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Kelvin scale
  مرپل ِ کلوین  
marpel-e Kelvin
Fr.: échelle de Kelvin  

A temperature scale, redefined in 1954, in which the zero point is equivalent to -273.16 °C. This fundamental fixed point, based on the → triple point of water, is considered to be the lowest possible temperature of anything in the Universe. Also known as the absolute temperature scale.

See also: → kelvin (K); → scale.