centigrade

• centi- +‎ grade, degree.

centigrade (not comparable)

1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
2. Celsius.

centigrade (usually uncountable, plural centigrades)

1. (uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Now more commonly known as the Celsius scale.
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     Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.

2. (countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.

   a temperature of 34 centigrades

• milligrade

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centigrade (plural centigrades)

1. centigrade (all meanings)

• “centigrade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

centigrade

1. feminine plural of centigrado