Celsius
- Anders, Swedish astronomer, 1701–1744. See C. scale.See C. scale.
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Cel·sius 'sel-sē-əs, -shəs adj relating to or having a scale for measuring temperature on which the interval between the triple point and the boiling point of water is divided into 99.99 degrees with 0.01° being the triple point and 100.00° the boiling point abbr. C compare CENTIGRADECelsius Anders (1701-1744)Swedish astronomer. Celsius's major contribution was his thermometer scale. Although not the first thermometer with a 100-degree scale, his scale, described in 1742, used the freezing and boiling points of water as its two fixed points, with 0° for the boiling point and 100° for the freezing point. Five years later the system was reversed so that 0° represented the freezing point and 100° represented the boiling point and then it gradually gained acceptance. Since about 1800 Celsius has been used as an adjective to designate a thermometer based on the revised scale and more recently to indicate the scale itself.
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Celsius — , CELSIUS SCALE The centigrade thermometer has two constant degrees, a freezing point of water, namely 0°, and its boiling point, 100°. It is sometimes called the Celsius scale in honor of the person who simplified the Fahrenheit scale,… … Dictionary of eponyms
Celsius — (físico y astrónomo sueco) V. «escala Celsius, grado Celsius». * * * Celsius. □ V. grado Celsius. * * * Celsius, Anders … Enciclopedia Universal
Celsius — (Anders) (1701 1744) astronome suédois. || PHYS échelle Celsius: échelle thermométrique centésimale dont le point 0 correspond à la température de la glace fondante et le point 100 à celle de l ébullition de l eau sous la pression atmosphérique… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Celsius — Cel si*us, n. 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Celsius 41.11 — (2004) is a film produced to be a rebuttal to Michael Moore s film Fahrenheit 9/11 . 41.11 was chosen because, according to the makers of the movie, it is the temperature at which the brain begins to die. The film criticizes 2004 Democratic… … Wikipedia
Celsius — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°. USAGE Celsius rather than centigrade is the standard accepted term when giving temperatures. ORIGIN named after the Swedish astronomer Anders… … English terms dictionary
Celsius — [sel′sē əs] adj. [after A. Celsius (1701 44), Swed astronomer, the inventor] designating or of a thermometer on which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point of water; centigrade: the formula for converting a Celsius temperature to … English World dictionary
Celsius — 1850, for Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701 1744) inventor of the centigrade scale … Etymology dictionary
Celsius — adj. 2 g. 2 núm. [Física] Diz se da ou relativo à escala de temperatura em que o 0 corresponde ao ponto de congelação da água e 100 ao ponto de ebulição da água, sob pressão de uma atmosfera (símbolo: C). ‣ Etimologia: Anders Celsius,… … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
