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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Kelvin and Celsius are literally the same just offset by 273.15°

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally the same just different.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kelvin was developed from Celsius. The only difference is that 0° is based on absolute 0 (because it's logical and constant) rather than the rough freezing point of water (a vague and inconsistent reference point). Every degree change in one unit is exactly the same change in the other.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the meme is exactly about not having the same 0 point

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Except Kelvin aren't degrees (e.g. it's just 273'15K not 273'15°K). But a change of one Kelvin is indeed equivalent to a change of one degree Celsius.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

F and C are laterally the same just offset by 32 and scaled by 5/9.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ehh, they were developed in different ways using completely different reference points

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

C and K use different reference points too, yet you called them laterally the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have a lot more in common than Celsius and Fahrenheit, which are only related because they are both measures of temperature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That depends how you count “a lot more in common”. The reference points for zero is much closer for C and F. People commonly use in everyday life C and F, but not K. Should I continue?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yes just rolls off the tongue. Totally the same as, an increment of one is equal in both.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Theyre also not pointing guns at each other in the picture.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same relationship between Rankine and Fahrenheit.

And 0 Kelvin and 0° Rankine are three same temperature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In that case I assume it would be 0 Rankine without degrees, too? Because it's an absolute unit like Kelvin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's still technically defined based on its relationship to Fahrenheit, just like Kelvin was with Celsius until the 60s.