Celsius

adjective

🔊/ˈselsiəs/

(also centigrade)

(abbreviation C)

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of or using a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°摄氏的
- It will be a mild night, around nine degrees Celsius.晚间天气温和，温度约九摄氏度。🔊🔊
- the Celsius Scale摄氏温标
Topics Weatherb2, Maths and measurementb2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: named after Anders Celsius, the Swedish astronomer who invented the temperature scale.

noun

🔊/ˈselsiəs/

(also centigrade)

[uncountable]

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a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°摄氏的
- temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit摄氏和华氏温度
Topics Physics and chemistryb2