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submitted 11 months ago by Deegham@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A fever is defined as 100.4F

Who defines it like that? I'm asking because I wouldn't be surprised if the definition differs between orgs

[–] cantsurf@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's actually an irrational number, but for most purposes 100.4159F is a perfectly reasonable approximation.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No I was wondering who defines it as 37C/100.4F

[–] cantsurf@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

IUPAC