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CENTIGRADE SCALE
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Celsius scale; centigrade scale; international scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("centigrade scale" is a kind of...):
temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)