"degree Rankine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: degrees Rankine [plural]
Etymology: Named after the Glasgow University engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed this scale in 1859. Head templates: {{en-noun|degrees Rankine|head=degree Rankine}} degree Rankine (plural degrees Rankine)
  1. A unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 5/9 kelvin, and derived by offsetting the Fahrenheit scale to absolute zero. Translations (unit of temperature): องศาแรงคิน (ong-sǎa-rɛɛng-kin) (Thai)

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