CENTIGRADE

[cen.ti.grade] adj [F, fr. L centi- hundred + F grade] (1801): relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0 degrees representing the freezing point and 100 degrees the boiling point "10 degrees ~"--abbr. C--compare celsius