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Celsius, sometimes called Centigrade. Celsius is a unit of measure that divides the temperature into 100 equal units between the freezing point and the boiling point of water... that's why it's sometimes called "Centigrade", which references the fact that it's divided into 100 parts.

Kelvin, sometimes called absolute. Kelvin uses the same scale, as Celsius, meaning that it's approximately the same distance between the "degrees", but it uses absolute zero as the starting point.

Fahrenheit, sometimes called... Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit is one of those archaic measures that are only used in strange places around the world... and the United States.

Zero on the Fahrenheit scale was the coldest temperature Mr. Fahrenheit could attain by adding salt to ice. He thought THAT was absolute zero. He also thought 100 was the normal temperature of the human body... but he had a slight fever.

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