centigrade : Idioms & Phrases
centigrade scale
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noun a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
Celsius scale; international scale.
WordNet
Centigrade thermometer
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noun a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade
WordNet
- a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees. It is called also the
Celsius thermometer , from Anders Celsius, the originator of this scale.
Webster 1913
degree centigrade
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noun a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
C; degree Celsius.