Langehund@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoDespite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant itmessage-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down18
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareDespite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant itLangehund@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-211 months ago prefix You mean suffix? Usually the C or F (or K for that matter) are denoted last, not first.
minus-square404@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoOP means prefixes, like 1000°C = 1 k°C
minus-squareominouslemon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoNo, they mean like “kilocelsius” or “millicelsius”, which makes them prefixes
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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt’d be like kilodegrees. 1 kilodegree (Celsius). Just like it’s 1 kilometre.
You mean suffix? Usually the C or F (or K for that matter) are denoted last, not first.
OP means prefixes, like 1000°C = 1 k°C
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.