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Make celsius recommendation more nuanced
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Triggered by prometheus/client_golang#761

Signed-off-by: beorn7 <beorn@grafana.com>
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beorn7 committed Jun 2, 2020
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| Family | Base unit | Remark |
| -------| --------- | ------ |
| Time | seconds | |
| Temperature | celsius | _celsius_ is preferred over _kelvin_ for practical reasons. |
| Temperature | celsius | _celsius_ is preferred over _kelvin_ for practical reasons. _kelvin_ is acceptable as a base unit in special cases like color temperature or where temperature has to be absolute. |
| Length | meters | |
| Bytes | bytes | |
| Bits | bytes | To avoid confusion combining different metrics, always use _bytes_, even where _bits_ appear more common. |
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