And the temperature scale that turns out to be well-defined and ends up giving us the concept of an absolute zero is the ideal gas thermometer.

比如理想气体温标,它有精确的定义,并能引出绝对零度的概念,今天我们就先来谈谈它。

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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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