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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rankine and Kelvin have zero at the same point, which is absolute zero, and should not be used with the degree symbol

This concludes my TED talk

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

According to Wikipedia Rankine is properly used with the degree symbol, but sometimes is not by analogy with Kelvin.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] reinei@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I absolutely agree! Both should get degrees, because that would make temperatures finally make sense!

(I am aware that the degree symbol has something or other to do about not being absolute yada yada yada 😅)