It sounds pretty silly, but it's really important because it allows you to define a thermometer and temperature.

这听起来相当白痴，但是它确实很重要,因为它让你可以定义,温度计和温度。

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All right, next time we're going to talk about a much better scale, which is the ideal gas thermometer and how we get to the Kelvin scale.

好，下次我们,会讲一种好得多的温标，关于理想气体温度计,和开氏温标的导出。

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All right, so now we have the makings of a good thermometer and a good temperature scale.

这一常数只决定于温度,于是我们现在,可以定义一个理想的温度计和温标了。

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