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Langehund@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Despite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant it

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Despite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant it

Langehund@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    prefix

    You mean suffix? Usually the C or F (or K for that matter) are denoted last, not first.

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      OP means prefixes, like 1000°C = 1 k°C

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        No, they mean like “kilocelsius” or “millicelsius”, which makes them prefixes

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          It’d be like kilodegrees. 1 kilodegree (Celsius).

          Just like it’s 1 kilometre.

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            It’s actually kinda odd that celius also uses degree when all other metric measuring standards just use the name of the standard. (Eg. Meter, grams, litres). Degree doesn’t imply metric at all. It would be more useful to just say “20 Celcius” rather than “20 degrees”.

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              Failheit, Celsius, and Kelvin all use degrees. Think of it like different standards of degrees. Just like there is US Customary gallon and Imperial gallon (they are not the same).

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      Milli centi kilo

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