Celsius
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).
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Celsius (not comparable)
- Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.
- Synonyms: centigrade (dated), centesimal
- Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin
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References[edit]
- "Celsius, Anders". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609
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Finnish[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Celsius
- The letter "C" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
- A surname.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Celsius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Celsius | Celsiukset | |
genitive | Celsiuksen | Celsiusten Celsiuksien | |
partitive | Celsiusta | Celsiuksia | |
illative | Celsiukseen | Celsiuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Celsius | Celsiukset | |
accusative | nom. | Celsius | Celsiukset |
gen. | Celsiuksen | ||
genitive | Celsiuksen | Celsiusten Celsiuksien | |
partitive | Celsiusta | Celsiuksia | |
inessive | Celsiuksessa | Celsiuksissa | |
elative | Celsiuksesta | Celsiuksista | |
illative | Celsiukseen | Celsiuksiin | |
adessive | Celsiuksella | Celsiuksilla | |
ablative | Celsiukselta | Celsiuksilta | |
allative | Celsiukselle | Celsiuksille | |
essive | Celsiuksena | Celsiuksina | |
translative | Celsiukseksi | Celsiuksiksi | |
instructive | — | Celsiuksin | |
abessive | Celsiuksetta | Celsiuksitta | |
comitative | — | Celsiuksineen |
Possessive forms of Celsius (type vastaus) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Celsiukseni | Celsiuksemme |
2nd person | Celsiuksesi | Celsiuksenne |
3rd person | Celsiuksensa |
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Noun[edit]
Celsius m (uncountable)
- Celsius
- Synonym: centígrado
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Celsius” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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