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形容詞

centigrade (not comparable)

1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

   Synonym: centesimal

   Coordinate term: milligrade (1000)

2. Celsius. [since 1948]

関連する語

名詞

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

1. (uncountable) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.

   Synonym: Celsius scale

   all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted

   a temperature of 34 centigrade

   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎:

     Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.

2. (countable, archaic) A single degree on this scale.

   Synonyms: degree Celsius, degree centigrade, °C, ℃

   a temperature of 34 centigrades

3. (countable) The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.

使用する際の注意点

Although the temperature scale is formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade remains a commonly used term.

派生語

• degree centigrade