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.

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

    deDie Temperatur fiel letzte Nacht auf minus zehn Grad Celsius. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Water freezes at 0 degrees Centigrade.

    Вода замерзає при температурі 0°C. — deniko

    ruВода замерзает при нуле градусов Цельсия. — corvard

    deWasser gefriert bei 0 Grad Celsius. — MUIRIEL

  4. What is absolute zero in centigrade?

  5. Do not expose to temperatures above fifty centigrade.

    ruНе подвергайте температурам выше пятидесяти градусов Цельсия. — corvard

Translations

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centigrade temperature scale:

Forms

plural: centigrades
Singularcentigrade
Pluralcentigrades

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Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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