Centigrade definition

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

  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.). In measurements, abreviated C.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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. Measurements are
        reported as [deg] C.
        [1913 Webster] Centigram

















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