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Celsius

Celsius is defined as a system of measuring temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

(noun)

A temperature scale developed by Anders Celsius where water freezes at 0 degree is an example of Celsius.

The definition of Celsius is something related a system of measuring temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

(adjective)

A thermometer used to measure temperature and based on a scale where water boils at 100 degrees is an example of a Celsius thermometer.

See Celsius in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of a thermometer on which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point of water; centigrade: the formula for converting a Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit is °F = °C + 32: abbrev. C

Origin: after A. Celsius (1701-44), Swed astronomer, the inventor

noun

this thermometer or its scale

See Celsius in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective 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.

Origin:

Origin: After Anders Celsius

, Anders 1701-1744.

Swedish astronomer who devised (1742) the centigrade thermometer.

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