centigrade

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Measuring temperature on a scale where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

   The temperature reached thirty degrees centigrade in the afternoon.

2. 2
   noun

   The temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

   All temperatures in the report are given in centigrade.

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Simplified etymology

Centigrade, recorded from the early 19th century, contains the cent- element derived from Latin centum, “hundred.” This element shares an ancient root with English hundred.

From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).

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