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centigrade

centigrade adjective: having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

Adjective

centigrade (not comparable)

  1. Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
    Synonyms:
    centesimal
  2. Celsius.

Noun

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

  1. (usually) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.
    • all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted
    • a temperature of 34 centigrade
    Synonyms:
    Celsius scale
  2. (archaic, countable, usually) A single degree on this scale.
    • a temperature of 34 centigrades
  3. (countable, usually) The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

centigrade meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic

centigrade in Tamil

நூறளவு வெப்ப அலகு, நூறு கூறுகளுள்ள அளவை, நூறு பாகைகளாகப் பிரிக்கப்பட்ட, சதமவளவை, செண்டிகிரேட், செண்ட்டிகிரேடு

centigrade in Bengali

সেলসিয়াস তাপমাত্রার স্কেল

centigrade in Malayalam

ഊഷ്മാവ് അളക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള ഒരു രീതീ

centigrade in Arabic

centigrade temperature scale
مِئَوِيّ miʔawiyy
More languagesFewer languages
centigrade in Vietnamese
thang bách phân

Examples of centigrade in a sentence

  • This hyperthermostable enzyme remains active above 60 degrees centigrade.
  • I tend to air con a server room to about 22 degress centigrade.
  • Presumably IQ is not, and certainly the Fahrenheit and centigrade scores are not.

All 10 example sentences with centigrade

Synonyms of centigrade

Forms of centigrade

pluralcentigrades

Origin of centigrade

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

Words formed from centigrade

Phrases with centigrade

Questions about centigrade

What does centigrade mean?
Centigrade means having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
What is centigrade in Tamil?
Centigrade in Tamil is நூறளவு வெப்ப அலகு, நூறு கூறுகளுள்ள அளவை, நூறு பாகைகளாகப் பிரிக்கப்பட்ட. See Centigrade meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is centigrade?
Centigrade can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near centigrade in the dictionary

  1. centidays
  2. centifidous
  3. centifolia
  4. centifolias
  5. centifolious
  6. centigrade
  7. centigrades
  8. centigram
  9. centigramme
  10. centigrammes
  11. centigrams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centigrade (page history and authors); centigrade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); centigrade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); centigrade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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