centigrade

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ grade (“degree”).

centigrade (not comparable)

1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
2. Celsius (since 1948).

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

1. (uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Although formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade is still the more commonly found term.
   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎^[1]:

     Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.

2. (countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.

   a temperature of 34 centigrades

3. (countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.

• degree centigrade

• milligrade

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centigrade (plural centigrades)

1. centigrade (all meanings)

• → Persian: سانتیگراد (sântigrâd)

• “centigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

centigrade

1. feminine plural of centigrado