centigrade
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”)
Adjective[edit]
centigrade (not comparable)
Noun[edit]
centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)
- (uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Although formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade is still the more commonly found term.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns[1]:
- Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.
- (countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
- a temperature of 34 centigrades
- (countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
centigrade temperature scale
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
centigrade (plural centigrades)
- centigrade (all meanings)
Further reading[edit]
- “centigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
centigrade
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