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noun
A scale for measuring temperature, with the freezing point of water defined as zero degrees (0 °C) and the boiling point of water defined as one hundred degrees (100 °C).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: centigrade
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: international scale, centigrade scale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temperature scale
History
Named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who proposed the scale in 1742.
Across languages
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