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Celsius
Cel′si-us
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2025
Celsius
Celsius
English
Adjective
Celsius (not comparable)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A metric temperature scale , originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0° and its boiling point as 100°, 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
- centigrade (slightly old-fashioned)
Translations
metric scale of temperature
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Adjective
Celsius (not comparable)
- Of the Celsius temperature scale.
Synonyms
- centigrade (slightly old-fashioned)
- centesimal
Translations
of the Celsius temperature scale
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Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
Celsius
- The letter "C" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
- Alternative spelling of celsius
celsius
celsius
Finnish
Noun
celsius
- Alternative capitalization of Celsius (letter "C" in the Finnish standard spelling alphabet).
- Celsius (scale of temperature).
- Lämpötila on 10 astetta celsiusta.
- The temperature is 10 degrees Celsius.
- Lämpötila on 10 astetta celsiusta.
Declension
| Inflection of celsius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | celsius | celsiukset | |
| genitive | celsiuksen | celsiusten celsiuksien |
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| partitive | celsiusta | celsiuksia | |
| illative | celsiukseen | celsiuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | celsius | celsiukset | |
| accusative | nom. | celsius | celsiukset |
| gen. | celsiuksen | ||
| genitive | celsiuksen | celsiusten celsiuksien |
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| partitive | celsiusta | celsiuksia | |
| inessive | celsiuksessa | celsiuksissa | |
| elative | celsiuksesta | celsiuksista | |
| illative | celsiukseen | celsiuksiin | |
| adessive | celsiuksella | celsiuksilla | |
| ablative | celsiukselta | celsiuksilta | |
| allative | celsiukselle | celsiuksille | |
| essive | celsiuksena | celsiuksina | |
| translative | celsiukseksi | celsiuksiksi | |
| instructive | — | celsiuksin | |
| abessive | celsiuksetta | celsiuksitta | |
| comitative | — | celsiuksineen | |