Is celsius the same as centigrade?

Answer 1

They are pretty much the same. Centigrade would be a scale based on 100. Celsius is a temperature scale based on centigrade, where the freezing point of water is 0 and the boiling point of water is 100.

MoreIn modern usage the two names refer to the same temperature scale.

Anders Celsius was a Swedish scientist and explorer who proposed a temperature scale based on dividing the range between water's freezing and boiling points into 100 degrees. Initially he wanted 0 to be boiling and 100 to be freezing but following his death the order was inverted and became known as the centigrade scale; "centi" coming from the Latin for 100 and "grade" from the word for "step".

In 1948 the International Committee for Weights and Measures officially named the scale for Celsius, mostly because the generic term "centigrade" is used for other measurements in addition to temperature but partly to match the use of Gabriel Fahrenheit's name for the American temperature scale.

Answer 2

Yes, Celsius and centigrade are the same when referring to temperature scales. Both use the same unit of measurement and have the same interval size, with 0°C being the freezing point of water and 100°C being the boiling point of water at sea level.

Answer 3

yes