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What is a Kelvin scale?

What is a Kelvin scale? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A scale for measuring temperature, with zero defined as absolute zero, with kelvins as the units (equivalent to degrees Celsius).
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He worked with Lord Kelvin to develop the absolute scale of temperature, which came to be called the Kelvin scale.
However, the Kelvin scale has never caught on in everyday usage.
This scale, known as the Kelvin scale, has the same intervals as the Celsius scale.
The Kelvin scale uses Celsius units, the main difference being that zero on the Kelvin scale is absolute.
If temperatures are measured on the Kelvin scale, small clusters become liquidlike at temperatures of roughly half the bulk melting temperatures.
Here only the Kelvin scale can be applied, as it is based on absolute zero.

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