Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.

    all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted

    a temperature of 34 centigrade

    hundertgradig, hundertteilig

  2. (countable, usually)The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

  3. (archaic, countable, usually)A single degree on this scale.

    a temperature of 34 centigrades

Examples

10 sentences
  1. The thermometer stood at 37 degrees centigrade.

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  2. The temperature went down to minus ten degrees centigrade last night.

    deDie Temperatur fiel letzte Nacht auf minus zehn Grad Celsius.

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  3. Water freezes at 0 degrees Centigrade.

    Вода замерзає при температурі 0°C.

    ruВода замерзает при нуле градусов Цельсия.

    deWasser gefriert bei 0 Grad Celsius.

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  4. What is absolute zero in centigrade?

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  5. Do not expose to temperatures above fifty centigrade.

    ruНе подвергайте температурам выше пятидесяти градусов Цельсия.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
centigrade temperature scale:

Forms

plural: centigrades
Singularcentigrade
Pluralcentigrades

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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