centigrade

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“
Celsius followed, and advised a medium fluid, so that his thermometer is known as the centigrade.

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  1. adjective Celsius. See Table at measurement.

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  • It is now December and the thermometer registers 40-50 degrees below zero (centigrade). —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • The temperature was over fifty degrees centigrade, and Falcon wondered how much longer his life-support system could handle matters. —  A Meeting with Medusa
  • The temperature within the ship jumped to forty degrees centigrade, and Kelly heard pinging throughout the frame. —  Eric Nylund - HALO 4 - Ghosts of Onyx (v1.0)
  • Temperature sixteen centigrade--sweater-wearing weather Lucas cocked an eyebrow. —  Analog, July-August 2006
  • The last few days have been very cold, with temperatures of zero and below (centigrade, that is, so high twenties / low thirties farenheit) and Sunday night's inch of snow has stayed around. —  The Bookworm
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  1. French : centi-, centi- + grade, degree (from Italian grado, rank, degree, from Latin gradus, step; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from French centigrade = Spanish centígrado = Portuguese Italian centigrado, from Latin centum, a hundred, + gradus, a degree: see grade.
 

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/ˈsɛntɪgreɪd/
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