centigrade

adjective

1. divided into 100 degrees, as a scale.
2. (initial capital letter) Celsius(def 2). Abbreviation: cent. Symbol: C

adjective

1. a former name for Celsius

noun

2. a unit of angle equal to one hundredth of a grade

adj.

1799, from French; see centi- “hundred” + Latin gradus “degree” (see grade).

adj.

1. Celsius.

1. See Celsius.

The Celsius temperature scale.