CENTIGRADE
\sˈɛntɪɡɹˌe͡ɪd], \sˈɛntɪɡɹˌeɪd], \s_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˌeɪ_d]\
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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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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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