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centigrade

centigrade

4.1
A temperature scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100 degrees
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛn.tɪ.ɡreɪd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : centígrado
  • Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade, making it an important point on the temperature scale.

Then we print the temperature and then we use a new function called print lane to write the string degrees centigrade.

Examples

  • The temperature outside is expected to rise to 30 degrees centigrade this afternoon.

  • To convert the temperature from Fahrenheit to centigrade, you can use the formula C = (F - 32) × 5/9.

  • You ignite the food and burn it and you see how many degrees centigrade the water gets raised and that's the measure of calories.

Antonyms

Fahrenheit
  • US
4.6

Using the temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees

Compounds

degree centigrade
  • Archaic
5 3.3

A unit of temperature on the Celsius scale

centigrade scale
  • Archaic
3.3

A way to measure temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees

centigrade thermometer
  • Archaic
3.9

A tool that shows temperature in degrees Celsius

Surface Forms

centigrade positive

Morphology

centigrade = grade (transparent) = centi + grade

The word is a direct combination of the combining prefix 'centi-' (hundred) and 'grade' (degree/step), so its sense as a 100-degree temperature scale is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word centigrade is made of centi- meaning 'hundred', as in century or cent, and -grade meaning 'step' or 'degree', like the English grade. It was named because the scale has 100 steps between water's freezing point '0' and its boiling point '100', so centigrade refers to that 0 to 100 temperature scale.