Celsius scale
nounEtymology Named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who proposed the scale in 1742.
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A scale for measuring temperature, with the freezing point of water defined as zero degrees (0 °C) and the boiling point of water defined as one hundred degrees (100 °C).
- Meronyms: degree Celsius, degree centigrade
- Related terms
- degrees Celsius