centigrade
adjective/ˈsentɪɡreɪd/
/ˈsentɪɡreɪd/
(also Celsius, C)
- of or using a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°
- a temperature of 40 degrees centigrade
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Latin centum ‘a hundred’ + gradus ‘step’.Definitions on the go
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