Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 days agoScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-222 days agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-squarekunegis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI am flabbergasted.
Celsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
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I think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
One of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
I am flabbergasted.