Celsius

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Celsius \Cel"si*us\, n.
     The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders
     Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the
     same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Celsius
       n : Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer
           (1701-1744) [syn: {Anders Celsius}]