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centigrade definition

cen·ti·grade (sen′tə grād′)

adjective

  1. consisting of or divided into 100 degrees
  2. Celsius: the preferred term in English until the adoption of Celsius in 1948 by an international conference on weights and measures: abbrev. C

Etymology: Fr: see centi- & grade

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