CELSIUS SCALE

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("Celsius scale" is a kind of...):

temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)

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