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Celsius vs Centigrate - What's the difference?

celsius | centigrate |

Centigrate is likely misspelled.


Centigrate has no English definition.

As an adjective Celsius

is a metric scale of temperature, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0° and its boiling point as 100°, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01° C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1° C corresponds to 1/273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

As a noun celsius

is alternative case form of Celsius.

celsius

English

(wikipedia Celsius)

Adjective

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  • (rfc-def) A metric scale of temperature, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0° and its boiling point as 100°, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01° C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1° C corresponds to 1/273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

    • Synonyms

    * centigrade (slightly old-fashioned)

    Adjective

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  • Of the Celsius temperature scale.

    • Synonyms

    * centigrade (slightly old-fashioned ) * centesimal

    See also

    * degree Celsius * Fahrenheit * kelvin

    External links

    * Entry for "degree Celsius" in How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

    Anagrams

    * English eponyms ----

    centigrate

    Not English

    Centigrate has no English definition. It may be misspelled.