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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Never heard about °R and °RA before this meme

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now look into °De. It's upside down!