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INTERNATIONAL SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does international scale mean? 

INTERNATIONAL SCALE (noun)
  The noun INTERNATIONAL SCALE has 1 sense:

1. a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degreesplay

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL SCALE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERNATIONAL SCALE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

Celsius scale; centigrade scale; international scale

Hypernyms ("international scale" is a kind of...):

temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)


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