English Explanatory Dictionary

centigrade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
  2. Celsius.
noun
  1. A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.
  2. A single degree on this scale.
  3. The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

Word forms

centigrade centigrades

Etymology

From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).

Synonyms

centesimal Celsius scale degree Celsius degree centigrade mul:°C mul:℃

Related words

decigrade

Derived words

degree centigrade

Translations

Arabic: مِئَوِيّ Catalan: centígrad Chinese Mandarin: 百分度的 Chinese Mandarin: 攝氏溫度的 /摄氏温度的 Finnish: celsiusasteikko German: hundertgradig German: hundertteilig Māori: whakarautanga Māori: henekereti Māori: tohurau Polish: stopień Celsjusza Swahili: sentigredi Swedish: celsiusgrad Turkish: santigrat Ottoman Turkish: سانتیغراد Vietnamese: thang bách phân
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