Meaning & use
Celsius
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A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees under standard atmospheric pressure.
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The weather forecast predicts a high of 24 degrees Celsius tomorrow.
Scientists usually record laboratory temperatures in Celsius rather than Fahrenheit.
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Called "centigrade" before 1948; used by most of the world except the United States, which primarily uses Fahrenheit.
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