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Noun

1. rankine scale

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rankine Scale

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noun
an absolute scale of temperature in which the unit of temperature is equal to that on the Fahrenheit scale and the zero value of temperature is equal to –459.67°F
Compare Kelvin scale

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Rankine Scale

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n.
A scale of absolute temperature having the same degree increments as those of the Fahrenheit scale, in which the freezing point of water is 491.69° and the boiling point is 671.69°.

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