| 单词 | relative temperature scale |
| 释义 | relative temperature scaleA temperature scale in which measurements are amounts that are more or less than a reference amount. In the Celsius scale, for example, the reference amount is set as the freezing point of water, or zero. Other measurements are made relative to this point. Relative temperature scales have both positive and negative numbers. The Celsius scale and the Fahrenheit scale are relative temperature scales. Compare absolute temperature scale. Words nearby relative temperature scalerelative pitch, relative polycythemia, relative pronoun, relative scotoma, relative specificity, relative temperature scale, relative to, relative topology, relative wind, relativism, relativist The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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