CENTIGRADE
\sˈɛntɪɡɹˌe͡ɪd], \sˈɛntɪɡɹˌeɪd], \s_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˌeɪ_d]\
Definitions of CENTIGRADE
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Divided into a hundred parts called degrees; used especially of the centigrade thermometer, on which the distance between the freezing point and boiling point of water is divided into one hundred equal degrees.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. Consisting of one hundred degrees. 2. One hundredth part of a circle, equal to 3.6° of the astronomical circle.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Having a hundred degrees: divided into a hundred degrees, as the centigrade thermometer, in which freezing-point is zero and boiling-point is 100°.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Graduated to a scale of 100°. On the centigrade thermometer the freezing - point of water is zero and its boiling - point 100°; its symbol is C.; as, 100° C. Compare FAHRENHEIT.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
