DEGREE CELSIUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

Synonyms:

C; degree Celsius; degree centigrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

degree (a unit of temperature on a specified scale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "degree Celsius"):

standard temperature (exactly zero degrees centigrade)

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