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CELSIUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)

Synonyms:

Anders Celsius; Celsius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

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 Context examples: 

Upon intravenous administration, circulating thermosensitive liposomes are activated locally by increasing the tumor temperature to 40-41 degrees Celsius using an external heat source.

(Lyso-Thermosensitive Liposome Doxorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI manometric unit of pressure defined by a column of water at 4 degrees Celsius with a height of one millimeter.

(Millimeter of Water Column, NCI Thesaurus)

One degree Celsius represents the same temperature difference as one Kelvin.

(Degree Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to generate a liquid environment that is below the freezing point of normal biological tissues (usually -50 to -70 degrees celsius).

(Cryobath, NCI Thesaurus)

A value of the calorie at 4 degrees Celsius is defined as 4.2045 J.

(Calorie 4 Degrees Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.

(Calorie per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)

The Celsius degree (C) is the same size as a Kelvin and equal to (F - 32)/1.8.

(Celsius Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

Its equilibrium temperature — that is, the temperature based only on energy it receives from the star, which ignores additional warming effects from a possible atmosphere — is around 490 degrees Fahrenheit (254 degrees Celsius).

(NASA’s TESS Mission Scores ‘Hat Trick’ With 3 New Worlds, NASA)

It has a chilly temperature between minus 54 and 9 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 48 to minus 13 degrees Celsius).

(A cold, close neighbor of the Sun, NASA)

Ndao said he expects the device could eventually work in heat as extreme as 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit (704 degrees Celsius), which could have major implications in many industries.

(Harnessing Heat to Power Computers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)