Langehund@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDespite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant itmessage-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down116
arrow-up1124arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30·6 months agohttps://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.
minus-squareADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI 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.
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.
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.