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TimFox:
--- Quote from: Analog Kid on November 10, 2024, 06:25:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 10, 2024, 03:10:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on November 10, 2024, 09:23:45 am ---It has to be % of absolute temperature (K).
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Accuracy is always quoted in degrees (C or F).
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Yes, may be quoted in one of those scales but must be % of absolute in order to be accurate, as you yourself have been expounding here. So the calculation must be done in °K, then converted to °C or °F.
I guess it comes down to whether the claims emanate from the engineering dep't. or from marketing.
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The last sentence refers to the two pages cited.
If a thermometer reads out in degrees F or C, then the accuracy must be quoted in those degrees.
If read out in Kelvins, then one could quote accuracy in %, but only if the error is reasonably constant as a fraction of the absolute temperature.
Calibration of thermometers is done with respect to a set of reproducible physical systems’ temperatures, including the triple point and boiling point of water, melting point of gallium, and others from low to high temperatures.
Analog Kid:
Few things:
o "$8.2 million dollars": totally redundant.
o "high current will shorten it's life": misuse of apostrophe*
o "He acts like he's got nothing to loose."
o You'll need your PIN number": another one from the Department of Redundancy Department
-- that is all -- (for now)
* It's really not all that hard to remember when to use an apostrophe:
o with contractions (can't, won't, he'll, etc.)
o with possessives (Harold's blown fuse), but not with "it": "it's" is reserved for the contraction for "it is".
Circlotron:
--- Quote from: Analog Kid on November 12, 2024, 09:52:38 pm ---Few things:
o "$8.2 million dollars": totally redundant.
o "high current will shorten it's life": misuse of apostrophe*
o "He acts like he's got nothing to loose."
o You'll need your PIN number": another one from the Department of Redundancy Department
-- that is all -- (for now)
* It's really not all that hard to remember when to use an apostrophe:
o with contractions (can't, won't, he'll, etc.)
o with possessives (Harold's blown fuse), but not with "it": "it's" is reserved for the contraction for "it is".
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My pronoun is “it” so I use the word “it’s” when talking about myself in third person possesive :-P
TimFox:
Even if your pronoun be "it", the possessive of that pronoun is always "its", just as "he" takes "his" and "she" takes "her".
The word "it's" is used only as a contraction of "it is".
If your name were "It", as in the Addams Family character, then the possessive of that proper noun (not pronoun) would be "It's".
TimFox:
Is "totally redundant" redundant?
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