Talk:Kelvin scales

Kelvin scales
There is only 1 Kelvin scale. All usages are things like "Celsius and Kelvin scales". DTLHS (talk) 22:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll take your word for it. Delete unless anyone wants to formally RFV. DAVilla 16:49, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Found this usage: "Also to keep in mind is that the Kelvin scales on cameras will not and do not match the real world measurements". Should we add a sense to "Kelvin scale" and mark it as uncountable and countable? --Hekaheka (talk) 07:45, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The source of the quote appears to be here: http://www.whibalhost.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8926 . It strikes me as a very unusual usage - I don't know if that matters? Furius (talk) 07:55, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It is countable, but the plural form is not attested. DAVilla 05:25, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Another interesting quote: "The Celsius scales have their zeros at 0-01 ° below the triple point of water, and the Kelvin scales have their zeros at the absolute zero". I understand this so that there are several alternative principles for measuring temperature and these methods lead to slightly different scales, i.e. one Kelvin scale is a theoretical ideal, which may be emulated by various measurement methods. --Hekaheka (talk) 09:57, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * For further consideration: why do we have Kelvin scale in the first place? It is nothing but a scale using Kelvin as unit. We don't have Fahrenheit scale, millimeter scale or whatever. --Hekaheka (talk) 03:10, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Right. Though Kelvin doesn't commonly appear in many phrases, it does appear in about the same sense elsewhere, eg, as degrees Kelvin and a million Kelvin. It also appears in helpful explanatory phrases such as Kelvin temperature scale, thus indicating that Kelvin scale is not a set phrase.
 * If Kelvin scale is to be kept, then we must keep Kelvin scales, based on a mere three cites.
 * OTOH, I don't see much reason to keep Kelvin scale. DCDuring TALK 13:32, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

No consensus to delete (although a separate process may need to be opened for Kelvin scale. bd2412 T 16:39, 5 December 2013 (UTC)