# Degrees Kelvin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degrees-kelvin/634673>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 14, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degrees-kelvin/634673 "2012-09-14T08:18:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![GSnyder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5fc32e/32.png) [@GSnyder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSnyder)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degrees-kelvin/634673/1 "2012-09-14T08:18:23Z")

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With reference to the [What is the Opposite of Absolute Zero?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/807/what-is-the-opposite-of-absolute-zero) article, I believe it’s actually “kelvins” with a lowercase “k” and no “degrees” (although the abbreviation is K, and the name of the temperature scale is the Kelvin scale).

There’s a nice explanation of the reasons for this [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvins#Usage_conventions) in Wikipedia.

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**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degrees-kelvin/634673/2 "2012-09-14T11:10:43Z")

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I suspect Lord Kelvin has gained rotational energy.

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**Author:** ![GSnyder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5fc32e/32.png) [@GSnyder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSnyder)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degrees-kelvin/634673/3 "2012-09-14T15:15:16Z")

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> [@Bozuit](#):
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> I suspect Lord Kelvin has gained rotational energy.

Spinning in his grave, is he? 😉