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A degree sign followed by a capital F, marking a temperature in Fahrenheit.
°F marks a temperature on the Fahrenheit scale, which the SI does not define. It remains in official use in the United States and a few other jurisdictions.
Marks a temperature on the Fahrenheit scale, on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 under standard pressure.
Contexts: Mathematics
Is not an SI unit and is not accepted for use with the SI. NIST's guidance treats it as a customary unit to be converted, which is the honest description of its status rather than an official definition.
Contexts: Mathematics
Coincides with the Celsius scale at exactly one point, −40 degrees, which is the only temperature at which the two readings are the same number.
Contexts: Mathematics
A small raised circle sitting at the height of the capital letters, followed by a capital Latin F: a vertical stroke with two horizontal arms projecting right.
One letter apart, and the scales agree at only one temperature.
The degree sign is the first of its two characters.