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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis