Celsius scale

Noun

Meaning

a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

celsius centigrade international scale centigrade scale

Hypernyms

temperature scale

Examples

On the scale he used, the boiling-point of water was marked at +73 and the melting-point of ice at 51, so that the zero of his scale was equivalent to about −240 on the Celsius scale. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

celsius centigrade celsius degree celsius degrees celsius system celsius temperature Celsius thermometer