Look up: centigrade

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   Centigrade
   Centigrade: Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point of water at sea level is 100°C. The Centigrade scale is used around most of the world to indicate the temperature on a thermometer while the Fahrenheit scale is still in obstinate use in the US. This anachronism requires conversion from Centigrade (°C) t ...
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   centigrade
   The fundamental scale of temperature is the absolute thermodynamic centigrade scale with the ice point at 0 degr.and the equilibrium between liquid water and its vapour at the pressure of one standard atmosphere at 100 degr.The scale of the helium gas thermometer(variation of pressure of a fixed volume of glas)is as close as possible to the thermodynamic scale. Category: Physics
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   Centigrade
   Cen'ti·grade adjective [ Latin centum a hundred + gradus degree: confer French centigrade .] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C. ). Centigrade thermometer , a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicatin ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/44
   
   
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   centigrade
   Synonym for Celsius ... <unit> A measurement of temperature (Celsius or Centigrade) that is commonly used in Europe. ... Normal body temperature is considered to be 37 degrees Celsius or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Body temperature can vary 1/2 degree Celsius above or below 37 C and still be considered normal. Body temperature varies with many fac ...
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   centigrade
   (sen´tĭ-grād) having 100 gradations (steps or degrees); see also Celsius scale.
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   Centigrade
   • (a.) Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10
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   centigrade
   a temperature scale; see degree centigrade.
   Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictC.