Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of degree Celsius.

    a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

Examples

7 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. The temperature fell five degrees centigrade below zero yesterday.

    deGestern fiel die Temperatur auf minus fünf Grad Celsius. — al_ex_an_der

  5. When we take the wind-chill factor into account, the temperature must have been lower than thirty degrees below zero centigrade.

    deWenn man den Windkühlefaktor noch mitberücksichtigt, muß die Temperatur unter −30 °C gelegen haben. — Waldelfe

Forms

plural: degrees centigrade

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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