Complete Definition of "centigrade"

English
Etymology
centi- + grade, degree.
Adjective
centigrade

  1. Of a scale, having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

Noun
centigrade

  1. A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Now known as the Celsius scale.

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