Centigrade: A temperature scale, introduced in 1743, which has its zero point at the melting point of ice and its 100-degree point at the boiling point of water. One centigrade degree is 9/5 of a ...

Two temperature scales, centigrade and Fahrenheit, are in common use in meteorology. Most nations use the centigrade scale, but Fahrenheit remains in use in the United States. The boiling point of ...

Hot and cold are measured using a numeric scale called temperature. Temperature scales are how we communicate about the weather, measure safety and comfort and explain the physical world. Using ...

Until weather forecasters started to talk about "degrees Celsius" some 30 years ago, few people had ever heard the term. Even those familiar with the measure knew it as the "Centigrade" scale, and it ...

THE history of the centigrade thermometer is discussed by Dr. N. V. Nordenmark {Svenska Linn6-Sdllskap. Arsskrift, 18, 124; 1935). He points out that the thermometer of Anders Celsius used the scale ...

Two temperature scales are in common use the meteorology: Fahrenheit and centigrade. The Fahrenheit scale is popular in the United States and Great Britain, but the centigrade scale is used elsewhere.