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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Centigrade \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf F. centigrade.] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts Specifically: Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as 10[deg] centigrade (or 10[deg] C.). {Centigrade thermometer}, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees. It is called also the {Celsius thermometer}, from Anders Celsius, the originator of this scale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: centigrade adj : of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 degrees C and the boiling point as 100 degrees C under normal atmospheric pressure [syn: {celsius}, {c}] [ant: {fahrenheit}]
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