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Cel·si·us

[sel-see-uh

s, -shee-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	An·ders [ahn-ders] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.

–adjective

2.	Also, Centigrade. pertaining to or noting a temperature scale (Celsius scale) in which 0° represents the ice point and 100° the steam point. Symbol: C

Thermodynamics. of or pertaining to a temperature scale having the same units as the Celsius scale but in which the zero point has been shifted so that the triple point of water has the exact value 0.01°; Celsius temperatures are computed from Kelvin values by subtracting 273.15 from the latter. Symbol: C Compare Kelvin (def. 3).

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Cel·si·us (sěl'sē-əs, -shəs) Pronunciation Key
adj. Abbr. C
Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 100° under normal atmospheric pressure. See Table at measurement.

[After Anders Celsius.]

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Celsius, Anders 1701-1744.
Swedish astronomer who devised (1742) the centigrade thermometer.

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Celsius

1850, for Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-1744) inventor of the centigrade scale.

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celsius
noun
Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)

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Celsius (sěl'sē-əs) Pronunciation Key
Relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0° and the boiling point of water is 100° under normal atmospheric pressure. See Note at centigrade.

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Celsius, Anders 1701-1744.
Swedish astronomer who invented the centigrade thermometer in 1742.

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Celsius [(sel-see-uhs)]

A temperature scale, also called centigrade, according to which water freezes at zero degrees and boils at one hundred degrees.

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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Celsius [(sel-see-uhs)]

A temperature scale in which zero degrees is the freezing point of water and 100 degrees is the boiling point. Temperature in this scale is generally denoted by °C or, in scientific usage, C alone. (Compare Fahrenheit.)

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Celsius Cel·si·us (sěl'sē-əs, -shəs)
adj.
Abbr. C
Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 100° under normal atmospheric pressure.

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Main Entry: Cel·sius
Pronunciation: 'sel-sE-&s, -sh&s
Function: adjective
: relating to or having a scale for measuring temperature on whichthe interval between the triple point and the boiling point of water is divided into 99.99 degrees with 0.01° being the triple point and 100.00° the boiling point —abbreviation C;—compare CENTIGRADE
Celsius, Anders (1701–1744), Swedish astronomer. Celsius's majorcontribution was his thermometer scale. Although not the first thermometer with a 100-degree scale, his scale, described in 1742, used the freezing and boiling points of water as its two fixed points,with 0° for the boiling point and 100° for the freezing point. Five years later the system was reversed so that 0° represented the freezing point and 100° represented the boiling pointand then it gradually gained acceptance. Since about 1800 Celsius has been used as an adjective to designate a thermometer based on the revised scale and more recently to indicate the scaleitself.

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Celsius

Cel"si*us\, n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

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