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unit of temperature

Every instance of this Class is a UnitOfMeasure that can be used with MeasureFn to form instances of TemperatureMeasure.

Relationships
Parents	non composite unit of measure	Instances of this Class are UnitsOfMeasure that are applied to a single dimension, and so are not intrinsically defined by the functional composition of other units.
Instances	celsius degree	A TemperatureMeasure. The freezing point and the boiling point of water are, respectively, 0 CelsiusDegrees and 100 CelsiusDegrees.
	fahrenheit degree	A UnitOfTemperature that is commonly used in the United States. On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 FahrenheitDegrees, and the boiling point of water is 212 FahrenheitDegrees.
	kelvin degree	SI UnitOfMeasure used with MeasureFn to produce terms denoting instances of TemperatureMeasure. Symbol: K. It is one of the base units in SI (it is also a unit in the ITS system). Kelvin differs from the Celsius scale in that the triple point of water is defined to be 273.16 KelvinDegrees while it is 0 CelsiusDegrees. The magnitudes of intervals in the two scales are the same. By definition the conversion constant is 273.15.
	rankine degree	A TemperatureMeasure. Note that 0 RankineDegrees is the same as the absolute zero (i.e. 0 KelvinDegrees).