• Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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.

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      4 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.