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Vinony

centigrade

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t 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”).

  1. Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
  2. Celsius.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t 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”).

  1. 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 temperature of 34 centigrade”

  2. A single degree on this scale.

    “a temperature of 34 centigrades”

  3. The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.