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centigrade scale

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Noun1.centigrade scale - a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degreescentigrade scale - a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
Celsius scale, international scale
temperature scale - a system of measuring temperature
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This scale, known as the centigrade scale became widely spread.
The Travellers Temperature Predicaments (Part 1) by Wacek Kijewski / Automotive community
The Celsius scale or centigrade scale identified by Anders in 1742 divided the freezing and boiling points of water into 100 degrees, establishing the boiling point of water to be 0 degrees and the freezing point of water to be 100 degrees (Bellis, 2005).
Measuring temperature: the thermometer: Mirvette Chamoun looks at the ... by Chamoun, Mirvette / Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
I have been brainwashed with the Centigrade scale for most of my adult life, but 99 degrees Fahrenheit still makes me feel like taking my clothes off in a way that the equivalent Centigrade temperature never will.
Tony Parsons column: Fahrenheit puts Celsius in the shade by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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