CELSIUS Definition & Meaning

Celsius

[ sel-see-uhs, -shee- ]

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noun

��·�� [ahn, -ders], 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.

adjective

Also ��·�پ�·�� []. pertaining to or noting a temperature scale Celsius scale in which 0° represents the ice point and 100° the steam point. : C
Thermodynamics. of or relating to a temperature scale having the same units as the Celsius scale but in which the zero point has been shifted so that the triple point of water has the exact value 0.01°; Celsius temperatures are computed from Kelvin values by subtracting 273.15 from the latter. : C Compare Kelvin ( def 3 ).

Celsius

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adjective

denoting a measurement on the Celsius scale C

Celsius

Swedish astronomer who invented the centigrade thermometer in 1742.

Celsius

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Relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0° and the boiling point of water is 100° under normal atmospheric pressure.
See Note at centigrade

Celsius

A temperature scale , also called centigrade , according to which water freezes at zero degrees and boils at one hundred degrees.

Celsius

A temperature scale in which zero degrees is the freezing point of water and 100 degrees is the boiling point. Temperature in this scale is generally denoted by °C or, in scientific usage, C alone. ( Compare Fahrenheit (see also Fahrenheit ).)

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Origin of Celsius¹

C18: named after Anders Celsius (1701–44), Swedish astronomer who invented it

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The temperature of the pyroclastic flows that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii was several hundreds of degrees Celsius, hot enough to easily burn and destroy soft tissue.

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Not all water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.

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So it was north of 38 degrees Celsius or something.

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The leak involves heavy M100-grade fuel oil that solidifies at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.

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Predictably quirky, Lynch would stare at the camera, give the date, the temperature — in both Fahrenheit and Celsius — and then a general description of the weather.

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