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The term degree is used in several Scales of Temperature . The symbol ° is usually used, followed by the initial letter of the unit, for example °C for ''degree(s) Celsius''. (For temperature differences, the usage is sometimes reversed; then 100 C°, or "100 Celsius degrees", is a temperature difference, while 100 °C, or "100 degrees Celsius", is an actual temperature.) These include:


  • The degree Kelvin (°K) is a former name for the SI unit of temperature. Since 1967 it has been known simply as the Kelvin , with symbol K.




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In Unicode , the "degree sign" is U+00B0 (°). The HTML Character Entity Reference for it is °. The Alt+ Code is Alt+0176.

Due to a similar appearance in some " (U+00BA, º ), the "ring above" (U+02DA, ˚), "superscript zero" (U+2070, ⁰), Superscript zero proper (0) or superscript letter "o" (o), and the "ring operator" (U+2218, ∘).