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centigrade

 
Dictionary: cen·ti·grade   (sĕn'tĭ-grād') pronunciation
adj. (Abbr. C or cent.)
Celsius.

[French : centi-, centi- + grade, degree (from Italian grado, rank, degree , from Latin gradus, step).]


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The thermometer scale, divided into 100 degrees, in which 0°C is the freezing point of water and 100°C is the boiling point.


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Having 100 gradations (steps or degrees), as the Celsius scale; abbreviated C. For equivalents of Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures, see Tables 5 and 18.

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IN BRIEF: A temperature scale in which 0 degrees if freezing and 100 degrees is boiling.

pronunciation Twenty degrees centigrade is a pleasant temperature.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - celsius
n. - celsiustermometer

Nederlands (Dutch)
Celsius(-schaal), verdeeld in honderd graden

Français (French)
adj. - Celsius, en degrés Celsius
n. - Celsius centigrade

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Celsius (Grad)
n. - Celsius

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εκατοντάβαθμος

Italiano (Italian)
centigrado

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - centígrado

Русский (Russian)
шкала Цельсия

Español (Spanish)
adj. - centígrado
n. - termómetro centígrado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hundragradig, celsius-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
分为百度的, 摄氏的, 分为百度, 摄氏

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 分為百度的, 攝氏的
n. - 分為百度, 攝氏

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 백분도의, 섭씨의
n. - 섭씨온도계

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 百分度の, 摂氏の
n. - センチグラード

idioms:

  • degrees centigrade    摂氏温度

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) درجه مئويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעל מאה מעלות, בסולם מעלות החום של צלסיוס‬
n. - ‮צלסיוס‬


 
 
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cent. (abbreviation)
Celsius, Anders (Swedish astronomer)
C

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