pertaining to or noting a temperature scale (Cel′sius scale`) in which 0° represents the ice point and 100° the steam point; Centigrade.Symbol:C [1845–55; after AndersCelsius(1701–44), Swedish astronomer who devised the scale]
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2.(l.c.) the base SI unit of temperature, defined to be 1/273.16 of the triple point of water.Symbol:K adj. 3.of or pertaining to an absolute scale of temperature (Kel′vin scale`) based on the kelvin in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Celsius scale. ...