Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Anders Celsius (1701-44), Swedish scientist who invented the scale

Celsius

 noun
     
Related topics: Temperature
Cel‧si‧us [uncountable] written abbreviation C
TMT a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0º and boils at 100º [= Centigrade]:
12º Celsius (=12 degrees on the Celsius scale)
—Celsius adjective
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary