Wikipedia: History of Kelvin

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Kelvin is one of the seven SI base units. It is defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

Kelvin is one of the seven SI base units. It is defined by two factors: one, zero Kelvin is absolute zero (molecular motion stops); and two, one Kelvin is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

	Revision 7 . . (edit) August 17, 2001 3:00 am by Stokerm [Added link to absolute zero]
	Revision 6 . . August 16, 2001 12:44 pm by (logged).176.164.xxx *[The definition is meeningless without mention of absolute zero.]**
	Revision 5 . . (edit) August 15, 2001 5:18 am by Mike Dill [thomson]