centigrade
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centigrade
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Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm
Proto-Italic *kəntom
Latin centum
Latin centi-bor.
French centi-bor.
English centi-
English grade
English centigrade
From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).
adjective
- Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
- Celsius.
noun centigrades
- A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted
- A single degree on this scale. a temperature of 34 centigrades
- The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.
