Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 100° under normal atmospheric pressure.
- Anders,Swedish astronomer who devised (1742) the centigrade thermometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
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- adjective this sense?) A
metric scale oftemperature , originally defined as having thefreezing point of water as 0° and itsboiling point as 100°, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01° C as thetriple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1° C corresponds to 1/273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and theabsolute zero . - adjective Of the Celsius temperature scale.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Celsius is available in 5 flavours – Orange, Cola, Lemon-Lime, Wild Berry and Ginger Ale.
Calorie Burning Sodas Named Leading Food And Beverage Trend For 2007 | Impact Lab 2007
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Although you might easily recognize the name Celsius in connection with temperature, you might not know about the contributions Anders made to astronomy some three centuries ago.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – November 27-29, 2009 | Universe Today 2009
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Our weather is in Celsius and our ovens are in Fahrenheit.
hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Canada the Culturally Straightforward 2007
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Celsius is a dietary supplement regulated by the FDA for food safety and quality manufacturing, and by the FTC for product packaging claims.
Calorie Burning Sodas Named Leading Food And Beverage Trend For 2007 | Impact Lab 2007
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Celsius is not a replacement for exercise and it is not a weight loss product; it is a replacement beverage for people who love the great taste of a soft drink and the energy of an energy drink, without the bad-for-you ingredients.
Calorie Burning Sodas Named Leading Food And Beverage Trend For 2007 | Impact Lab 2007
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I also keep in mind that 0 Celsius is freezing and one degree C is equal to more than 1.5 degrees F or some such.
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The temperature sounds more dramatic in Celsius: yesterday when I went for my morning dog-walk it was 0, today is was -5.
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I'm convinced that part of the reason Americans have an impression of Canada as always cold - 365 days a year - is they're looking at temperatures in Celsius, but don't know it.
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I'm convinced that part of the reason Americans have an impression of Canada as always cold - 365 days a year - is they're looking at temperatures in Celsius, but don't know it.
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It was obvious to me that the Torontonian was giving her temperatures in Celsius, and the Buffalonian was talking Fahrenheit, and the Buffalo woman was shocked at Toronto's unbearable weather.
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