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Centigrade
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.
📖 Definitions of "Centigrade"
noun
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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
A single degree on this scale.
"a temperature of 34 centigrades"
- 3
A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
adjective
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(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
- 2
Celsius (since 1948).
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