Re: Re: metric system

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1987 01:40

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In article <452@ambush.UUCP> kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen) writes:
>0 degrees K - Everything Freezes (Absolute Zero)

A common error in terminlogy.  "0 degrees K" is incorrect.  "0 K" or 
"0 kelvin" is correct.  Also occasionally acceptable is "0 degrees
absolute".

While the Celsius and Farenheit scales use arbitrarily-chosen zero
points, the kelvin *does* have a natural zero because it is measuring
something proportional to kinetic energy.  Hence adding "degrees" is
superfluous--we are measuring not just differences, but something
absolute.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  {ihnp4,seismo}!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi

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Subject: Re: Re: metric system
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