Editing Rankine scale (section)

{{Short description|Absolute temperature scale using Fahrenheit degrees}}
{{About|the temperature scale|the idealized thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine|Rankine cycle|the scale measuring recovery after stroke|Modified Rankin Scale}}
{{Infobox unit
| name          = Rankine
| quantity      = [[Temperature]]
| symbol        = R
| symbol2       = °R
| symbol3       = °Ra
| namedafter    = [[Macquorn Rankine]]
| calcinput     = {{calculator|id=r|type=number|default=491.67|size=6}}
| units1        = [[Kelvin scale]]
| inunits1      = {{calculator|type=plain|formula=round(5*r/9,2)|NaN-text=?|default=273.15}}&nbsp;K
| units2        = [[Celsius scale]]
| inunits2      = {{calculator|type=plain|formula=round(5*r/9-273.15,2)|NaN-text=?|default=0}}&nbsp;°C
| units3        = [[Fahrenheit]]
| inunits3      = {{calculator|type=plain|formula=round(r-459.67,2)|NaN-text=?|default=32}}&nbsp;°F
}}

The '''Rankine scale''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|æ|ŋ|k|ɪ|n}} {{respell|RANG|kin}}) is an [[absolute scale]] of [[thermodynamic temperature]] named after the [[University of Glasgow]] [[engineer]] and [[physicist]] [[Macquorn Rankine]], who proposed it in 1859.<ref name="Merriam-Webster"/>