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Rankine: Meaning and Definition of

Ran•kine

Pronunciation: (rang'kin), [key]
— n.
  1. 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
—adj.
  1. pertaining to an absolute temperature scalein which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Fahrenheit scale and in which 0° Rankine equals −459.7° Fahrenheit. Cf.(defs. 2, 3).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
Rankin Rankine cycle
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