centigrade

noun

  1. 1

    A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.

  2. 2

    A single degree on this scale.

    “a temperature of 34 centigrades”
  3. 3

    A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.

adjective

  1. 1

    (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

  2. 2

    Celsius (since 1948).

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