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centigrade

noun
🔊/ˈsentɪɡreɪd/
🔊/ˈsentɪɡreɪd/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°
    • temperatures in centigrade and Fahrenheit摄氏和华氏温度
    Topics Weatherc1, Physics and chemistryc1

centigrade

adjective
🔊/ˈsentɪɡreɪd/
🔊/ˈsentɪɡreɪd/
(also Celsius, C)
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  1. of or using a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°摄氏的
    • a temperature of 40 degrees centigrade40 摄氏度的温度
    Topics Weatherc1, Maths and measurementc1
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Latin centum ‘a hundred’ + gradus ‘step’.