Celsius scale of temperature

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• Celsius scale — Celsijaus skalė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Celsius scale; centesimal temperature scale; centigrade scale vok. Celsius Skala, f; zentesimale Temperaturskala, f; Zentigradskala, f rus. стоградусная температурная шкала, f;… …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Celsius scale — noun a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees • Syn: ↑international scale, ↑centigrade scale • Hypernyms: ↑temperature scale * * * Celsius scale, the official name of… …   Useful english dictionary

• Celsius Scale — temperature scale in which there are 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points, centigrade scale (named after Anders Celsius) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Celsius scale — (C) a temperature scale on which 0° is officially 273.15 kelvins and 100° is 373.15 kelvins. Before 1948 (and still, unofficially) the degree Celsius (°C) was called the degree centigrade (°C) with 0° at the freezing point of fresh water and 100° …   Medical dictionary

• Celsius-Skala — Celsijaus skalė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Celsius scale; centesimal temperature scale; centigrade scale vok. Celsius Skala, f; zentesimale Temperaturskala, f; Zentigradskala, f rus. стоградусная температурная шкала, f;… …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• scale — scale1 [ skeıl ] noun *** ▸ 1 size/degree/level/rate ▸ 2 arranged set ▸ 3 relationship of distance ▸ 4 for weighing ▸ 5 series of musical notes ▸ 6 hard flat piece of skin ▸ 7 substance on pipes ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount the size of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scale — I UK [skeɪl] / US noun Word forms scale : singular scale plural scales *** 1) a) [singular/uncountable] the size of something, especially when it is big scale of: Is the Government aware of the full scale of the problem? on a… …   English dictionary

• scale*/*/*/ — [skeɪl] noun I 1) [singular/U] the size, rate, or level of something Is the Government aware of the scale of the problem (= are they aware of how big it is)?[/ex] 2) [C] a range of numbers or amounts forming a system for separating things into… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Celsius —    , CELSIUS SCALE    The centigrade thermometer has two constant degrees, a freezing point of water, namely 0°, and its boiling point, 100°. It is sometimes called the Celsius scale in honor of the person who simplified the Fahrenheit scale,… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• Temperature measurement — using modern scientific thermometers and temperature scales goes back at least as far as the early 18th century, when Gabriel Fahrenheit adapted a thermometer (switching to mercury) and a scale both developed by Ole Christensen Røemer. Fahrenheit …   Wikipedia

• Celsius — is a particular scale of temperature based on a hundred degrees from freezing to boiling, and is named (like Fahrenheit) after an 18c scientist. Note that centigrade is a generic term for any such scale, and has been displaced by the more exact… …   Modern English usage