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degree Celsius

SI unit of Celsius temperature
Intangible si_derived_unit Q25267
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Summary

degree Celsius is a SI derived unit[1].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: SI unit with special name[2], UCUM derived unit[3], unit without standard conversion to SI[4], unit of Celsius temperature[5]
  • Measured physical quantity: Celsius temperature[6]
  • Named after: Anders Celsius[7]
  • Said to be the same as: degree centigrade[8]
  • Unicode character: ℃[9]
  • Different from: degree Celsius difference[10], cent[11], Celsius temperature scale[12]
  • Permanent duplicated item: degree Celsius[13]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q25267 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Unit symbol: ℃[16], °C[17], °С[18]
  • P14541: Emy1K[19]

Related Entities

Anders Celsius

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SI Brochure (9th edition): Concise summary. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → Emy1K
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 26w ago · Stuchalk · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → degree centigrade
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: degree centigrade"
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