Meaning & use
centigrade
Relating to a temperature scale divided into a hundred degrees between freezing and boiling water.
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The forecast predicted a high of thirty degrees centigrade tomorrow.
She converted the centigrade reading into Fahrenheit for her American friend.
A note on using this word
Centigrade is an older name for the Celsius scale, still used informally in some countries.
Words with a similar meaning
celsius
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