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Degrees aren't a 'unit' indeed because the zero point isn't a real zero. Hence you don't get correct scaling.
by rocqua 3y ago
Degrees aren't a 'unit' indeed because the zero point isn't a real zero. Hence you don't get correct scaling.
- js8 3y agoExcept for the degrees that measure an angle.
- Arch485 3y agoNo - An angle can be measured from an arbitrary point, and thus "0°" is not a true zero. "0° on a circle" (for example) doesn't make sense. It has to be 0° _from somewhere._
- its-summertime 3y agoA length can be measured from an arbitrary point too, no? And in some cases must be. The perimeter of a circle for example. - - - Further, Radians is another measurement of angle, but it is not "degrees radian"
- tinus_hn 3y ago180° on a circle makes a lot of sense, it’s half the circle. Just like a meter makes sense, it’s a unit of distance.
- bloak 3y agoThat is true, but if you're talking about a change in temperature (the temperature is rising by 2 degrees per hour, or the temperature falls by so many degrees per km of altitude) then there's a real zero, of course.