A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
A single degree on this scale.
a temperature of 34 centigrades
A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).