megakelvin

megakelvin
(MK)
   a unit of temperature equal to one million kelvins. This unit is used in astrophysics; temperatures in megakelvins are found in the interiors of stars or in highly excited plasmas. The reciprocal megakelvin (MK-1) is used in colorimetry.

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