- Celsius abbreviation C
- noun (U) a temperature scale in which water freezes at 0º and boils at 100º; centigrade - Celsius adjective: a Celsius thermometer | 12º Celsius
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Celsius abbreviation C
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Celsius — For other uses, see Celsius (disambiguation). Celsius temperature conversion formulae from Celsius to Celsius Fahrenheit [°F] = [°C] × 9⁄5 + 32 [°C] = ([°F] − 32) × 5⁄9 Kelvin… … Wikipedia
Celsius — Cel|si|us [ˈselsiəs] n [U] written abbreviation C [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Anders Celsius (1701 44), Swedish scientist who invented the scale] a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0º and boils at 100º = ↑Centigrade ▪ 12º Celsius (=12 … Dictionary of contemporary English
Celsius — I. adjective Etymology: Anders Celsius Date: circa 1850 relating to, conforming to, or having the international thermometric scale on which the interval between the triple point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 99.99… … New Collegiate Dictionary
abbreviation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An abbreviated form] Syn. acronym, initialism, contraction, abridgment, shortening, sketch, pr?cis, brief, abstract, curtailment, reduction, abstraction, condensation, outline, summary, elision, short form, clipped form,… … English dictionary for students
C. — Abbreviation for Celsius (after Anders Celsius), which is the same as Centigrade, a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0°, and the boiling point of water is 100° under normal atmospheric pressure … Glossary of Art Terms
C — abbreviation 1. capacitance 2. carbon 3. Celsius 4. centigrade 5. Coulomb 6. cytosine … New Collegiate Dictionary
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