CENTIGRADE

centigrade

(adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

centigrade (not comparable)

(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

Celsius (since 1948).

Noun

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.

(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.

(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.

Source: Wiktionary

Cen"ti*grade, a. Etym: [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. F. centigrade.]

Definition: Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C.). 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition