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Definition of Centigrades

Centigrade
Centigrade Cen"ti*grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. F. centigrade.] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or 10[deg] C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees. It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders Celsius, the originator of this scale.

Meaning of Centigrades from wikipedia

- temperature on the Celsius temperature scale (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International...
- to save the planet. — Wilson Neate, review of 1001° Centigrades on AllMusic On 1001° Centigrades the "zeuhl" sound that later came to define Magma develops...
- unit of plane angle) Centigrade (2007 film), a short thriller film Centigrade (2020 film), a survival thriller film 1001° Centigrades, an album by French...
- Centigrade 232 is an album and a book of poems by English writer and musician Robert Calvert, recorded in 1986 and released in 2007. The poem Centigrade...
- Centigrade is a 2020 survival thriller film directed by Brendan Walsh, written by Walsh and Daley Nixon, produced by Amanda Bowers, Molly Conners, Vincent...
- metrication and decimalisation efforts. In continental Europe, the French word centigrade, also known as centesimal minute of arc, was in use for one hundredth...
- plant works at 10,500 Btu/kWh (3.1 kWh/kWh), an efficiency of 32–33%. The centigrade heat unit (CHU) is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature...
- world of Magma. Recorded by essentially the same line-up as on 1001° Centigrades (1971), the album basically repeats the stylistic development shown through...
- freezing-point through 1° Fahrenheit or Centigrade, or, again, the heat necessary to raise a kilogramme of water 1° Centigrade. The inconvenience of a unit so...
- scales are the Celsius scale with the unit symbol °C (formerly called centigrade), the Fahrenheit scale (°F), and the Kelvin scale (K), with the third...