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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Celsius

/sĕl'-sē-əs/ · Cel·si·us · IPA /ˈsɛlsiəs/
01 n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade th…
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    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.