Celsius

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Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlsiəs/, (Philippines, seldom US) /ˈsɛlʃəs/

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Celsius (not comparable)

1. Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to ¹⁄_273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

   Synonyms: (dated) centigrade, centesimal

   Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin, Réaumur

   • 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN‎:

     Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.

• degree Celsius

• Fahrenheit

• "Celsius, Anders". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609

• Celsius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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From Swedish Celsius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈselsːius/,
• Rhymes: -elsːius

Celsius

1. The letter C in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
2. (very rare) a surname from Swedish

• celsius
• celsiusaste
• celsiusasteikko

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛlzi̯ʊs/

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Celsius n (strong, genitive Celsius, plural Celsius)

1. Celsius

• “Celsius” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Celsius” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Celsius” in Duden online
• Celsius on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• celsius

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθelsjus/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselsjus/
• Rhymes: -elsjus
• Syllabification: Cel‧sius

Celsius m (uncountable)

1. Celsius

   Synonym: centígrado

• “Celsius”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10