The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the British physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin , who wrote of the need for an âabsolute thermometric scaleâ. The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K).
Strife is defined as the act of conflict or something that is difficult to do. 1  An example of strife is the bad relationship between a brother and sister. 2  An example of strife is a homeless person trying to find work.
vorÂ·texÂ·es or vorÂ·tiÂ·ces (-tÄ­-sÄzâ²). 1. A whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center. 2. A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it, and hence being inescapable or destructive: a vortex of political infighting; a vortex of despair.ortex. n, pl-texes or-tices (-tÉªËsiËz). 1. (General Physics) a whirling mass or rotary motion in a liquid, gas, flame, etc, such as the spiralling movement of water around a whirlpool. 2. any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing.