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A "degree" on the Celsius scale is larger than a "degree" on the Fahrenheit scale.
There are 100 equal intervals (degrees) between 0 °C and 100 °C, the freezing and boiling points of water. There are 180 equal intervals between those same temperatures on the Fahrenheit scale (32 °F and 212 °F). That makes each Celsius degree 1.8 times as large (wide) an interval as the Fahrenheit degree. This is the basis for the "9/5" an "5/9" fractions in the conversion formulas (9/5 = 1.8). Some conversion formulas omit the fractions in favor of multiplying or dividing by 1.8, which is a single step.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoA "degree" in Celsius is 1.8 times larger than a "degree" on the Fahrenheit scale.
This is shown by the number of degree intervals between the freezing and boiling points of water on each scale. For Celsius, there are 100 degree intervals between 0 °C and 100 °C. On the Fahrenheit scale, there are 180 degree intervals between 32 °F and 212 °F. So each Fahrenheit degree is smaller.
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∙ 14y ago1 degree Celsius. Think about it this way: from 0 to 100 on the Celsius scale goes from freezing to boiling of water at normal atmospheric pressure. On the other hand, the Fahrenheit scale goes from 32 to 212. Thus 100 degrees change in Celsius is 180 degrees change in Fahrenheit, so the Celsius degree is larger. Also, your question is worded poorly. you should say, "What is larger, a degree change of Celsius or a degree change of Fahrenheit?"
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∙ 14y ago1 degree Celsius = 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
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∙ 13y agoOne degree Celsius is nearly twice as big as one degree Fahrenheit.
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∙ 8y agoNo. A degree celsius is larger than a degree Fahrenheit. 1 degree celsius = 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit
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∙ 14y agoOne celsius degree is equal to 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees.
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∙ 12y agoYes.
1 celsius degree = 1.8 Fahrenheit degree
1 Fahrenheit degree = 5/9 celsius degree
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∙ 14y agoNo. The Celsius degree is larger.
Between the freezing and boiling temperature of water, there are
180 Fahrenheit degrees, but only 100 Celsius degrees.
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∙ 13y agoYes it is.
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What is 37.0 degree celsius on the Fahrenheit scale?
37 degrees Celsius = 98.6 Fahrenheit.
If water is freezes at 32 degree Fahrenheit. What does it freeze at converting it to be Celsius scale?
0 degrees Celsius.
Why does the clinical thermometer show degree Fahrenheit when India has adopted degree Celsius?
Each and every thermometer has both the scales that is Fahrenheit and Celsius both. Celsius is not specific for India. You can use the scale that you are comfortable with.
What is the scale for on a thermometer?
The C is Celsius and the F is Fahrenheit. On a Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius and boils at 100 degrees Celsius. On a Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit and boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit because Celsius is used world wide and Fahrenheit is used only in the U.S.
What is70 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius scale?
70 degrees Fahrenheit = 21.1 degrees Celsius.
Does 1.0 Fahrenheit or 1.0 Celsius correspond to larger temperature change?
A degree in the Celsius scale is larger than one in the Fahrenheit scale.
Which has the larger value C or F?
A temperature change by one degree on Celsius scale equals temperature change of 1.8 degree on Fahrenheit scale or F (Fahrenheit) = 1.8 C (Celsius) + 32
What is greater - a 1 degree rise in the Celsius scale or a 1 degree rise in Fahrenheit scale?
A one degree rise on the Celsius scale is bigger. A one degree rise on the Celsius scale is 1.8 rise on Fahrenheit scale.
Is the Celsius temperature scale larger than the Fahrenheit scale?
The "scale" of each is infinitely big -- in other words, both have no maximum possible temperature. However, one degree Celsius (°C) is larger than one degree Fahrenheit (°F).
What is 37.0 degree celsius on the Fahrenheit scale?
37 degrees Celsius = 98.6 Fahrenheit.
What is 68 degrees Celsius in the Fahrenheit scale?
68 degree celsius = 154.4 Fahrenheit
Which is greater -a 1 degree rise in the celsius scale or a 1degree rise in Fahrenheit scale?
The Celsius degree (which is also the Kelvin) is equal to 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees.
How do degrees Celsius relate to degrees Fahrenheit?
The Celsius scale has its 'zero' at the same temperature as 32 on the Fahrenheit scale, and each Celsius degree is the same size as 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees.
What one degree change in temperature on the Celsius temperature scale is equal to a one unit temperature change on the what temperature scale?
No, the "degrees" have the same name but are different sizes. (Celsius degrees are larger intervals than Fahrenheit degrees.) A change of 1 degree Celsius is the same as a change of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
On which temperature scale does 1 degree represent the smallest change in temperature?
The Fahrenheit scale change of 1 degree is smallest when compared to Celsius change. 1.8 degrees Celsius is 1 degree Fahrenheit
What is 98 degree Fahrenheit on the Celsius scale?
98ºF = 36.7ºC
What does 22F in a C mean?
Convert the temperature of 22 degrees Fahrenheit into a Celsius scale temperature. 22 degree Fahrenheit = -5.5555556 degree Celsius
