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s | centigrade |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective centigrade is

(of a scale) having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

As a noun centigrade is

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, more commonly known as the celsius scale.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    centigrade

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
  • Celsius.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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, more commonly known as the Celsius scale.

    • See also

    * milligrade ----