
Title Text: The symbol for degrees Felsius is an average of the Euro symbol (€) and the Greek lunate epislon (ϵ).
Based on today's exchange rate, one degree Felsius is about a buck twenty.
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moody7277 wrote:Based on today's exchange rate, one degree Felsius is about a buck twenty.
cellocgw wrote:I'd have named it "Celsenheit" .
tempest69 wrote:I hate "degrees Celsius " Centigrade is a much better word
Rombobjörn wrote:Great, now we'll have an unresolvable schism between users of "Felsius" and users of "Celsenheit".
tempest69 wrote:I like that Fahrenheit has 180 degrees of liquid water. It makes Degrees seem like a reasonable term to use.
tempest69 wrote:At least -40 is the same for all three.
I like that Fahrenheit has 180 degrees of liquid water. It makes Degrees seem like a reasonable term to use.
I hate "degrees Celsius " Centigrade is a much better word (meaning measured in hundredths), "degrees Celsius" make me think that someone hasn't really considered how this works, and are just parroting down a long line of parrots.
xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
Heimhenge wrote:Why stop with averaging just Celsius and Fahrenheit? Throw Rankine and Kelvin into the mix too. Call it RKCF. I leave the formula as an exercise for the reader.
faubiguy wrote:The corresponding absolute scale is the Rankelvin, with the symbol °K for maximum confusion. 1 °K = 7×K / 5 = 7×°R / 9.
Rombobjörn wrote:tempest69 wrote:I hate "degrees Celsius " Centigrade is a much better word
I think "funnygrade" is a much better word than "Fahrenheit".
Heimhenge wrote:Why stop with averaging just Celsius and Fahrenheit? Throw Rankine and Kelvin into the mix too. Call it RKCF. I leave the formula as an exercise for the reader.
measure wrote:Rombobjörn wrote:Great, now we'll have an unresolvable schism between users of "Felsius" and users of "Celsenheit".
"Felsiusenheit"
tempest69 wrote:I hate "degrees Celsius " Centigrade is a much better word (meaning measured in hundredths), "degrees Celsius" make me think that someone hasn't really considered how this works, and are just parroting down a long line of parrots.
BrianK wrote:I think the better compromise is to use 0 for the freezing point of water and 200 for the boiling point. The Fahrenheit people get to keep their body temperature and "nice" weather numbers. The Celsius people get to keep "negative == ice" and scientifically supported definition.
airdrik wrote:tempest69 wrote:At least -40 is the same for all three.
I like that Fahrenheit has 180 degrees of liquid water. It makes Degrees seem like a reasonable term to use.
I hate "degrees Celsius " Centigrade is a much better word (meaning measured in hundredths), "degrees Celsius" make me think that someone hasn't really considered how this works, and are just parroting down a long line of parrots.
Yes, "degrees centigrade" is so much better than "degrees Celsius" because it removes the ambiguity around what scale the degrees are based on /sarcasm
For those fans of "gradians" for angular measurement, perhaps Felsius should use "gradees" or "degrians"?
measure wrote:Rombobjörn wrote:Great, now we'll have an unresolvable schism between users of "Felsius" and users of "Celsenheit".
"Felsiusenheit"
GlassHouses wrote:I don't know what the reference for 100 °F is supposed to be, though.
It's unlikely that was the original definition, because salt water can have a freezing temperature below 0ºF. Fixed points of 32 and 96 (for axial body temprature) aren't bad, because there's 64º between them and powers of two are more useful for making instruments than powers of ten.GlassHouses wrote:↶I thought 0 °F was defined as the temperature you get when you pour salt on ice until the ice gets so cold it stops melting -- which Mr. Fahrenheit thought was a good choice because it is a very specific temperature, and so makes a better reference than the melting point of pure water. Which makes 0 °F more scientifically sound than 0 °C.BrianK wrote:I think the better compromise is to use 0 for the freezing point of water and 200 for the boiling point. The Fahrenheit people get to keep their body temperature and "nice" weather numbers. The Celsius people get to keep "negative == ice" and scientifically supported definition.
tempest69 wrote:airdrik wrote:tempest69 wrote:At least -40 is the same for all three.
I like that Fahrenheit has 180 degrees of liquid water. It makes Degrees seem like a reasonable term to use.
I hate "degrees Celsius " Centigrade is a much better word (meaning measured in hundredths), "degrees Celsius" make me think that someone hasn't really considered how this works, and are just parroting down a long line of parrots.
Yes, "degrees centigrade" is so much better than "degrees Celsius" because it removes the ambiguity around what scale the degrees are based on /sarcasm
For those fans of "gradians" for angular measurement, perhaps Felsius should use "gradees" or "degrians"?
NOOOOOOOOO no no no no.. Degrees Centigrade??!?? Just Centigrade **you monster**
xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
Petrograd wrote:The symbol should be Ð. D is between C and F, and the extra - helps show it's supposed to be half way to E.
...but the question of whether to say "degrees" is separate from the question of whether to use Celsius or Centigrade. If it's the "degree" part that you object to, why not just say Celsius without the degrees? (I think I grew up calling it "degrees Centigrade", but I can't remember for sure.)tempest69 wrote:NOOOOOOOOO no no no no.. Degrees Centigrade??!?? Just Centigrade **you monster**
mittfh wrote:I wish this post was very quotable...
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marionic (on Discord) wrote:sleep in grave
Heimhenge wrote:Why stop with averaging just Celsius and Fahrenheit? Throw Rankine and Kelvin into the mix too. Call it RKCF. I leave the formula as an exercise for the reader.
It's useful to differentiate the difference betweens the usages:jgh wrote:But isn't it supposed to be "Celsius" anyway, not "degrees Celsius".
chrisjwmartin wrote:Heimhenge wrote:Why stop with averaging just Celsius and Fahrenheit? Throw Rankine and Kelvin into the mix too. Call it RKCF. I leave the formula as an exercise for the reader.
I hope you're not going to be so timid as to use the arithmetic mean for RKCF.
Curious what specific floating point errors you're seeing? (I know there are some, but are there some that you're seeing that I'm not aware of? Or if I wasn't clear enough about the "radians Fahrenheit/Celsius" options? In any case, putting "switch to using rational numbers" on my mental to-do list.)
mittfh wrote:I wish this post was very quotable...
chridd (on Discord) wrote:SYG'DDummy wrote:Sorry You're Gay Dads
marionic (on Discord) wrote:sleep in grave
cellocgw wrote:I'd have named it "Celsenheit" .
Not to be confused with "Gesundheit"
Also not to be confused with "Celsenblue"
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