Anders Celsius

proper noun

Meaning

A Swedish astronomer who developed the centigrade temperature scale in 1742, which set the freezing point of water at 0 degrees and the boiling point at 100 degrees.

Examples

Anders Celsius originally proposed a scale where 0 was the boiling point and 100 was the freezing point of water.
The scientific community officially renamed the centigrade scale to the Celsius scale in honor of Anders Celsius in 1948.

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Anders Celsius

proper noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːndərs ˈsɛlsiəs/

Definition

A Swedish astronomer who developed the centigrade temperature scale in 1742, which set the freezing point of water at 0 degrees and the boiling point at 100 degrees.

Examples

Anders Celsius originally proposed a scale where 0 was the boiling point and 100 was the freezing point of water.
The scientific community officially renamed the centigrade scale to the Celsius scale in honor of Anders Celsius in 1948.

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