<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.</li><li>the basic unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be approximately 1/273 of the triple point of water: K.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Thermodynamics.</li><li>noting or pertaining to an absolute scale of temperature (Kelvin scale) in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Celsius scale and in which absolute zero is 0 degrees Kelvin and the triple point of water has the value of approximately 273 degrees Kelvin.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>