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Celsius
Anders Celsius
Definition: Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
Adjective
Definition: 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 ¹⁄_(273.16) of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.
Definition: Alternative letter-case form of Celsius