that uses a thermometric relation of the form
is: any temperature scale based on a thermometric property that uses a thermometric relation of the form
[P7.2]
will agree: with another centigrade scale at any fixed points (normally the freezing and boiling points of water) that are common to both scales, but will not necessarily agree at any other points because different physical properties may vary differently with temperature. [P7.2]
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