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Centigrade
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What's The Definition Of Centigrade?
[adj] of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 degrees C and the boiling point as 100 degrees C under normal atmospheric pressure
Synonyms | Synonyms for Centigrade: c | celsius Related Terms | Find terms related to Centigrade: See Also | Centigrade In Webster's Dictionary \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.).
{Centigrade thermometer}, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the {Celsius thermometer}, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale.
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