Sinal do grau °

Using the key, the degree sign is printed with the combination Alt + 0176 (in windows). Works in Russian and English layouts, the numbers need to be pressed on the numeric keypad, Num Lock should be on. You can insert a degree sign with the mouse, the symbol is simply copied from this page.

A degree sign is a symbol that is used to indicate temperature or angle. In the case of an angle, the degree sign is immediately after the number, without a space (90 °). When it comes to temperature, it is separated from the number by a space, but is put together with the scale designation (24 ° C). In the Kelvin scale, temperature units are simply called «kelvin», the degree icon is not needed. In Unicode, alphabetic characters have signs with temperature scales: ℃ , ℉ ℉, K K.

O símbolo “Sinal do grau” está incluído no subbloco “Pontuação e símbolos latino-1” do bloco “Suplemento Latino-1” e foi aprovado como parte da versão 1.1 do Unicode em 1993.