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minus-squareEatspancakes84@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI am not sure I follow that. The scale is always relative right? It’s just the zero that’s absolute. But that’s also the case with measuring angles where we do use the degree symbol.
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago It’s just the zero that’s absolute Right, that’s what makes Rankine and Kelvin absolute scales, while Fahrenheit and Celsius are relative.
I am not sure I follow that. The scale is always relative right? It’s just the zero that’s absolute. But that’s also the case with measuring angles where we do use the degree symbol.
Right, that’s what makes Rankine and Kelvin absolute scales, while Fahrenheit and Celsius are relative.