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[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Never heard about °R and °RA before this meme

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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 = 0K and 1˚R = 0K + 1˚F

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

From what I can gather, R and Ra are the same thing?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 10 points 2 months ago

They are. The post could swap one of them out for Re or Rø instead and it would work, though

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just learned about °Ré and °Rø and now my head hurts.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now look into °De. It's upside down!