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 known as the Celsius scale
Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C. daytime temperatures of up to forty degrees centigrade. = Celsius Centigrade is also a noun. The number at the bottom is the recommended water temperature in Centigrade. Celsius (centi- ( CENTI-) + grade )
a temperature scale from zero (0) degrees marking freezing, to one hundred (100) degrees marking the boiling point
Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade or 10° C
Temperature scale proposed by Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius in 1742 A mixture of ice and water is zero on the scale; boiling water is designated as 100 degrees A degree is defined as one hundredth of the difference between the two reference points, resulting in the term centigrade (100th part)