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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months 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

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You can say anything with confidence and people will believe it
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  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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