centigrade
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
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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