Celsius
/selsi ss/ • adjective of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°. — USAGE Celsius rather than centigrade is the standard accepted term when giving temperatures. — ORIGIN named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-44).
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