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Also known as U+00B0, DEGREE SIGN, degree symbol, degree, degrees

typographical symbol used to represent different physical quantities

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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

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HTML entity
°
Unicode character
°
key press
Alt + 0176
Unicode code point
00B0
Unicode character name
DEGREE SIGN
Commons category
Degree sign
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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.

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