| NOUN | relation | temperature scale | a system of measuring temperature |
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| Meaning | A system of measuring temperature. | |
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| Narrower | Celsius scale, international scale, centigrade scale | A temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees |
| Fahrenheit scale | A temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees | |
| Kelvin scale, absolute scale | A temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees | |
| Rankine scale | A scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees | |
| Reaumur scale | A temperature scale on which water freezes / freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees | |
| Broader | scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series | An ordered reference standard |
| system of measurement, metric | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic / characteristic | |
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