CENTIGRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centigrade mean? 

• CENTIGRADE (adjective)
  The adjective CENTIGRADE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CENTIGRADE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTIGRADE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

centigrade scale (a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees)

 Context examples 

For example, it reports temperatures in northern Canada and northwestern Alaska were two degrees centigrade above the average, indicating a very pronounced warming at the Arctic.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)