Associations to the word «Rankine»

Wiktionary

RANKINE, proper noun. A Scottish and Northern Irish surname, variant of Rankin.
RANKINE CYCLE, noun. (physics) a thermodynamic cycle used as an ideal standard for the comparative performance of heat engines

Dictionary definition

RANKINE, noun. A unit of temperature on the Rankine scale.

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery