Because it's a lot more sensible than theantiquated Fahrenheit scale which lingers only in you guessed it, the unmetricated USA. The Celsius scale logically has zero degrees as the freezing point of pure water and 100 degrees as the boiling point.
No, Celsius is a unit of temperature measurement on the Celsius scale. It is not the opposite of temperature, but a way to quantify it.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius on the Celsius temperature scale.
The Celsius scale.
Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, developed the Celsius temperature scale in 1742.
Celsius invented the celsius scale for temperature.
Centigrade degrees or the "Celsius" scale.
Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, created his temperature scale in 1742.
The Celsius scale, which was known as the centigrade scale.
1 degree Reaumur = 1.25 degrees Celsius (R x 1.25 = Celsius)
Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, created his temperature scale in 1742.
Question is ambiguos, because celsius is a unit meaure of temperature.
The lowest temperature (absolute zero) on the Celsius scale is -273.15°