CENTIGRADE


Meaning of CENTIGRADE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsen-tə-ˌgrād, ˈsän- ]

adjective

Etymology: French, from Latin centi- hundred + French grade

Date: 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° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point

10° centigrade

— abbreviation C ; compare Celsius

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