Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Centigrade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Centigrade \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.).
{Centigrade thermometer}, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the {Celsius thermometer}, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
centigrade
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: {celsius},
{c}] [ant: {fahrenheit}]
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