Celsius — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Celsius adj Relating to the temperature scale where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
- centigrade adj Divided into 100 equal degrees or units.
Senses
Celsius is used for these senses in English:
- Celsius Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.
- centigrade (uncountable) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.
centigrade — full definition
- adj Divided into 100 equal degrees or units.
- noun A temperature scale (now usually called Celsius) where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.