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Meanings of scale of temperature in English

Russian
шкала температуры
Portuguese
escala termométrica
Catalan
escala de temperatura
Spanish
escala termométrica

Method to measure temperature quantitatively.

шкала температуры
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Examples for "temperature scale"
Examples for "temperature scale"
1
A convenient and natural temperature scale to compare "low" and "high" to would be room temperature.
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
2
Anders Celsius (1701 to 1744) was the Swedish astronomer known for inventing the Celsius temperature scale.
The Irish Times
3
This amounts to making the temperature scale such that the temperature at any point is proportional to the resistance of platinum at that point.
On Laboratory Arts
4
On Sir Isaac Newton's temperature scale, where freezing is zero and the heat of the human body is twelve, it is probably four or five.
Quicksilver
5
During the 14-billion-year expansion that followed, the background temperature of the universe has dropped to a mere 2.7 degrees on the absolute (Kelvin) temperature scale.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
Usage of scale of temperature in English
1
Then the basin comes again into play, and we glide once more musically through the scale of temperature.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
2
As a result, between the years 1640 and 1780 at least 35 different scales of temperature were proposed and came into limited use.
The Irish Times