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minus-squarem4m4m4m4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·8 months agoNever heard about °R and °RA before this meme
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·edit-28 months agoIt’s the Rankine. Some Scottish dude wanted to use Kelvin without using Kelvin. It’s basically the Fahrenheit scale but with 0˚R set at absolute zero. 0˚R = 0K and 1˚R = 0K + 1˚F
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoFrom what I can gather, R and Ra are the same thing?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoThey are. The post could swap one of them out for Re or Rø instead and it would work, though
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réaumur_scale so, they meant °r probably
minus-squareryan213@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agohttps://byjus.com/physics/unit-of-temperature/ I had to look out up too!
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI just learned about °Ré and °Rø and now my head hurts.
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoNow look into °De. It’s upside down!
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delisle_scale Why would you do this to me?
Never heard about °R and °RA before this meme
It’s the Rankine. Some Scottish dude wanted to use Kelvin without using Kelvin. It’s basically the Fahrenheit scale but with 0˚R set at absolute zero.
0˚R = 0Kand1˚R = 0K + 1˚FFrom what I can gather, R and Ra are the same thing?
They are. The post could swap one of them out for Re or Rø instead and it would work, though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réaumur_scale
so, they meant °r probably
https://byjus.com/physics/unit-of-temperature/
I had to look out up too!
I just learned about °Ré and °Rø and now my head hurts.
Now look into °De. It’s upside down!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delisle_scale
Why would you do this to me?