Also known as U+00B0, DEGREE SIGN, degree symbol, degree, degrees
typographical symbol used to represent different physical quantities
Key facts
- In unicode
- U+00B0 ° DEGREE SIGN ( & deg; )
- Different from
- U+00BA º MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR U+02DA ˚ RING ABOVE U+030A ◌ ̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE U+1D52 ᵒ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O U+1D3C ᴼ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL O U+2070 ⁰ SUPERSCRIPT ZERO
- See also
- U+2103 ℃ DEGREE CELSIUS U+2109 ℉ DEGREE FAHRENHEIT U+212A K KELVIN SIGN
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The degree symbol or degree sign, °, is a glyph or symbol that is used, among other things, to represent degrees of arc (e.g. in geographic coordinate systems), hours (in the medical field), degrees of temperature or alcohol proof. The symbol consists of a small superscript circle.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “°” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.