释义 |
ran·kine \ˈraŋkə̇n\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: after William J. M. Rankine died 1872 Scottish engineer and physicist : being, according to, or relating to an absolute-temperature scale on which the unit of measurement equals a Fahrenheit degree and according to which the freezing point of water is 491.67° and the boiling point 671.67° |