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Webster 1913 Edition

Centigrade

Cen′ti-grade

,
Adj.
[L.
centum
a hundred +
gradus
degree: cf. F.
centigrade
.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.
Specifically:
Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer;
as, 10°
centigrade
(or 10° C.
). In measurements, abreviated C.
Centigrade thermometer
,
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. Measurements are reported as ° C.

Webster 1828 Edition

Centigrade

CENTIGRADE

,
Adj.
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts; as a centigrade thermometer.

Definition 2024

centigrade

centigrade

English

Adjective

centigrade ‎(not comparable)

  1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
  2. Celsius.

Noun

centigrade ‎(usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

  1. (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. Now more commonly known as the Celsius scale.
  2. (countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
    a temperature of 34 centigrades

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French

Adjective

centigrade m, f ‎(plural centigrades)

  1. centigrade (all meanings)

Italian

Adjective

centigrade

  1. feminine plural of centigrado

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