Online Temperature Converter
Significant figures are used. Results are shown only with as many significant figures as the quantity that was entered. Scientific notation may be used for large results or if the number of significant digits would be ambiguous otherwise. The calculator follows proper rounding rules for scientific purposes.
The formulas used to convert between temperatures are as follows:
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The fahrenheit was proposed by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. The scale is often mispelled as "farhenheit", "farenheit", "farhenhiet", or "farenhiet".
The Celcius scale is still sometimes called the "centigrade" scale because it is divided into 100 divisions. It was devised by Andres Celsius.
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