{"id":3215,"date":"2023-05-02T06:48:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/faq\/why-is-temperature-not-a-physical-quantity-like-other-measurement-units\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T14:18:45","slug":"why-is-temperature-not-a-physical-quantity-like-other-measurement-units","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/en\/faq\/why-is-temperature-not-a-physical-quantity-like-other-measurement-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is temperature not a physical quantity like other measurement units?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Temperature is not a quantity<\/strong> in the strict sense of the term as the majority of other measurement units are. A quantity is something which can be increased or decreased, for example length, area, power output, etc. <\/p>\n\n<p>Measuring a quantity G (of whatever nature) means comparing it to another quantity U of the same nature, chosen as the unit. The result of the measurement is a whole number (for example 5) if the unit U is contained a whole number of times in the quantity G in question (5 times in this case). A quantity is directly measurable if we can define the relationship or the equality or the sum of two values of such quantity. Length and area are measurable quantities.   <\/p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, a <strong>temperature referenced using the Celsius temperature scale<\/strong> is not a measurable quantity; we can identify the equality of two temperatures but we cannot add them. You can therefore refer to: <strong>evaluating, comparing, marking or indicating<\/strong> temperatures but not measuring them in the correct sense of the term. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-3215","faq","type-faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is temperature not a physical quantity like other measurement units? - Thermibel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/en\/faq\/why-is-temperature-not-a-physical-quantity-like-other-measurement-units\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why is temperature not a physical quantity like other measurement units? - Thermibel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Temperature is not a quantity in the strict sense of the term as the majority of other measurement units are. 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