Celsius temperature, $t$ , $θ$

Thermodynamic temperature minus $273.15 K$ , invariably expressed in the SI unit degree Celsius( $°C$ ) which is equal to the kelvin. Sometimes the misnomer centigrade temperature is used for Celsius temperature.

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Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 48

PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 965

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

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