Celsius

Meaning

Adjective

  • Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

Origin

  • , who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus ("mound").

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