Associations to the word «Centigrade»

Wiktionary

CENTIGRADE, adjective. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
CENTIGRADE, adjective. Celsius.
CENTIGRADE, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

CENTIGRADE, adjective. Of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats