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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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    1 year ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units

    Kelvin is the base unit. Celsius is a derived unit, just like Watt or Newton. But they’re all SI.

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      I was agreeing with you, I was referring to OP saying it isn’t SI. But I think the downvotes are showing that wasn’t clear enough.

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