- Celsius thermometer scale
- 摄氏温标
Medical Chinese dictionary (湘雅医学词典). 2013.
Celsius thermometer scale
Look at other dictionaries:
Celsius thermometer — Centigrade Cen ti*grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. F. centigrade.] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Celsius thermometer — thermometer that measures temperature according to the Celsius scale … English contemporary dictionary
Celsius thermometer — a thermometer employing the Celsius scale (q.v.) … Medical dictionary
Celsius — Cel si*us, n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
thermometer — thermometric /therr meuh me trik/, thermometrical, adj. thermometrically, adv. /theuhr mom i teuhr/, n. an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts,… … Universalium
Celsius — Anders, Swedish astronomer, 1701–1744. See C. scale. See C. scale. * * * Cel·sius sel sē əs, shəs adj relating to or having a scale for measuring temperature on which the interval between the triple point and the boiling point of water is divided … Medical dictionary
Celsius, Anders — born Nov. 27, 1701, Uppsala, Swed. died April 25, 1744, Uppsala Swedish astronomer. He taught at the University of Uppsala from 1730 to his death. In 1733 he published a collection of 316 observations of the aurora borealis. In 1744 he built the… … Universalium
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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Celsius — , CELSIUS SCALE The centigrade thermometer has two constant degrees, a freezing point of water, namely 0°, and its boiling point, 100°. It is sometimes called the Celsius scale in honor of the person who simplified the Fahrenheit scale,… … Dictionary of eponyms
Celsius — [sel′sē əs] adj. [after A. Celsius (1701 44), Swed astronomer, the inventor] designating or of a thermometer on which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point of water; centigrade: the formula for converting a Celsius temperature to … English World dictionary
