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The base unit for temperature is the Kelvin. Kelvin takes as its zero point absolute zero (-273.15oC). A kelvin is defined as 1/273.16 of the temperature of the triple point of water, triple point is the temperature and pressure where a substance can exist as solid, liquid, and gas at equilibrium, for water this temperature is 0.01oC. This means that one kelvin is the same size as one degree Celsius, or temperature in Celsius is temperature in kelvin+ 273.15.

Most non-technical temperatures are expressed in Celsius.

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