Why does Kelvin (temperature unit) not have “degrees” like Celsius or Fahrenheit?

Question

Or probably the other way around, why do Celsius and Fahrenheit have “degrees” in its unit?

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Answer 1

Kelvin is it’s “own unit” of measurement. Like how a foot in the US is something entirely different than a meter on the rest of the world. It’s used for measuring extreme temperatures because, as stated above – it’s 0 point is at no molecular movement so the scale stops at 0.