Scale of temperature, previously called centigrade, in which the range from freezing to boiling of water is divided into 100 degrees, freezing point being 0 degrees and boiling point 100 degrees.
The degree centigrade (ş) was officially renamed Celsius in 1948 to avoid confusion with the angular measure known as the centigrade (one hundredth of a grade). The Celsius scale is named for the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who devised it in 1742 but in reverse (freezing point was 100ş; boiling point 0ş).
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.
A temperature scale defined by 0[s]C at the ice point and 100[s]C at boiling point of water at sea level. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. French centigrade.
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Specifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; (or '10Ľ C').
Former name for the Celsius temperature scale.