• perviouslyiner@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Celsius is pretty arbitrary though - is it even in SI, or just treated as a derived unit based on kelvin?

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      1 year ago

      0 Celsius is the freezing point for water, 100 Celsius the boiling point (at sea level). Renormalised from Kelvin. Not arbitrary at all.