Dictionary

centigrade en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin centi-bor. French centi-bor. English centi- English grade English centigrade From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
2. (not-comparable) Celsius.

Coordinates

milligrade

Relateds

decigrade

Synonyms

centesimal

centigrade en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin centi-bor. French centi-bor. English centi- English grade English centigrade From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.
   • We may note in passing that none of the 'classic Marxist writers', from Engels to Stalin, who repeated this example observed that water does not have to reach a temperature of 100° centigrade to evaporate. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59:
   • a temperature of 34 centigrade
   • Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times. 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:
   • all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted
2. (archaic, countable, usually) A single degree on this scale.
   • a temperature of 34 centigrades
3. (countable, usually) The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

Forms

Deriveds

degree centigrade

Synonyms

degree Celsius · mul:°C · degree centigrade · mul:℃ · Celsius scale

Translations (17)

de hundertteilig (centigrade temperature scale) · ota سانتیغراد (centigrade temperature scale) · fi celsiusasteikko (centigrade temperature scale) · fr centigrade (centigrade temperature scale) · ar مِئَوِيّ (centigrade temperature scale) · sw sentigredi (centigrade temperature scale) · tr santigrat (centigrade temperature scale) · vi thang bách phân (centigrade temperature scale) · de hundertgradig (centigrade temperature scale) · sv celsiusgrad (centigrade temperature scale) · cmn 攝氏溫度的 /摄氏温度的 (centigrade temperature scale) · mi henekereti (centigrade temperature scale) · cmn 百分度的 (centigrade temperature scale) · pl stopień Celsjusza (centigrade temperature scale) · ca centígrad (centigrade temperature scale) · mi whakarautanga (centigrade temperature scale) · mi tohurau (centigrade temperature scale)

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