Alternative definition : CDISC: A basic unit of thermodynamic temperature, one of the seven base units of the
International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI). It is 1/273.16th
of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. This sets the size
of the kelvin unit for temperature differences and defines the thermodynamic temperature
of an equilibrium mixture of waters ice-liquid-vapor as 273.16 K, where 0 K is the
lowest possible temperature (absolute zero).;
NCIt note : Named after the Scottish mathematician and physicist William Thomson 1st Lord Kelvin.;