Rankine

[ rang-kin ]

noun

1. William John Mac·quorn [m, uh, -, kwawrn], 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.

adjective

1. Thermodynamics. pertaining to an absolute temperature scale Rankine scale in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Fahrenheit scale and in which 0° Rankine equals −459.7° Fahrenheit. Compare absolute temperature scale, Kelvin ( defs 2, 3 ).

Example Sentences

Rankine’s and Chinn’s filings do not reference specific statements by the city or attorney general, or describe the ongoing threats or violence they say they have experienced.

From Seattle Times

Burbank and two other officers — Timothy Rankine and Matthew Collins — were each cleared of criminal charges by a Pierce County jury last December.

From Seattle Times

Collins, Burbank and a third officer, Timothy Rankine, were charged with murder or manslaughter.

From Seattle Times

The third officer, Timothy Rankine, 35, who is Asian, was acquitted of first-degree manslaughter.

From New York Times

Also kept from jurors was the assessment by a police academy trainer who questioned Rankine’s mental fitness.

From Seattle Times