kelvin
SI unit of thermodynamic temperature
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Summary
kelvin is a SI base unit[1]. kelvin draws 13,033 Wikipedia views per month (si base unit category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: unit of thermodynamic temperature[3], UCUM base unit[4], SI unit with special name[5]
- Measured physical quantity: thermodynamic temperature[6], color temperature[7], dew point[8], Curie temperature[9], Debye temperature[10], Fermi temperature[11], Néel temperature[12], superconduction transition temperature[13]
- Named after: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin[14]
- Commons category: Kelvin temperature[15]
- Unicode character: K[16]
- Described by source: SI Brochure (8th edition)[17]
- Different from: kelvin difference[18], Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy[19]
- Uses: zero-based numbering[20]
- Conversion to SI unit: 1 K[21]
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q11579 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- Unit symbol: K[24], К[25]
Why It Matters
kelvin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] kelvin is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]