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It's right in the sense that the units are the same size. IE if something increases 10 deg K it also increases 10 deg C. But it's obvious to humans that that isn't what you where asking.

Compare:

   You have: 1 degF
   You want: degcelsius
           * 0.55555556
           / 1.8


Nitpick: There are no "deg K", because it is an absolute system it doesn't have degrees.

Notice you also don't need degrees metre, degrees watt or degrees newton, because those are absolute units they are metres, watts and newtons. It is Celsius (and Fahrenheit) which are weird because they aren't absolute but instead have this arbitrary zero point.




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