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Absolute zero   /ˈæbsəlˌut zˈɪroʊ/   Listen
Absolute zero

noun
1.
(cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit.





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"Absolute zero" Quotes from Famous Books



... forced the mercury something between the zero and courage negative, towards the zero—"more yes than no," as the Italian said; but now that he was a married man, above fifty years of age, with a large family, he had descended in the scale to the absolute zero. ...
— The King's Own • Captain Frederick Marryat
... as hard a thing to manufacture in the world of life as is an immobile thing in the world of matter? And matter, so they say, is immobile only at absolute zero—when bereft of even molecular motion: a thing impossible to produce, and which to produce would require incalculable pressure and ...
— Hints for Lovers • Arnold Haultain


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