Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Celsius"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Celsius \Cel"si*us\, n.
The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders
Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the
same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
celsius
adj : of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of
water as 0 degrees C and the boiling point as 100
degrees C under normal atmospheric pressure [syn: {centigrade},
{c}] [ant: {fahrenheit}]
n : Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer
(1701-1744) [syn: {Celsius}, {Anders Celsius}]
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