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temperature, body

(Encyclopedia)temperature, body: see body temperature; fever. ...

standard schnauzer

(Encyclopedia)standard schnauzer: see schnauzer. ...

Standard Model

(Encyclopedia)Standard Model, in physics: see elementary particles. ...

gold standard

(Encyclopedia)gold standard: see bimetallism; international monetary system; money. ...

standard of living

(Encyclopedia)standard of living, level of consumption that an individual, group, or nation has achieved. The evaluation of a standard of living is relative, depending upon the judgment of the observer as to what c...

Rankine temperature scale

(Encyclopedia)Rankine temperature scale, temperature scale having an absolute zero, below which temperatures do not exist, and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale. Absol...

Kelvin temperature scale

(Encyclopedia)Kelvin temperature scale, a temperature scale having an absolute zero below which temperatures do not exist. Absolute zero, or 0K, is the temperature at which molecular energy is a minimum, and it c...

Celsius temperature scale

(Encyclopedia)Celsius temperature scale sĕlˈsēəs [key], temperature scale according to which the temperature difference between the reference temperatures of the freezing and boiling points of water is divided ...

Fahrenheit temperature scale

(Encyclopedia)Fahrenheit temperature scale fârˈənhītˌ [key], temperature scale in which the temperature difference between two reference temperatures, the melting and boiling points of water, is divided into 1...

absolute temperature scale

(Encyclopedia)absolute temperature scale: see Kelvin temperature scale; temperature. ...