| 单词 | celsius thermometer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCelsius thermometer Celsius thermometer n. (also †Celsius's thermometer, †thermometer of Celsius) a thermometer calibrated in accordance with the Celsius scale; (also) the Celsius scale; the Celsius temperature.Celsius described a scale in which 0 was the boiling point of water and 100 the freezing point ( Observationer om twänne beständiga Grader på en Thermometer (1742)): this is the inverse of the scale subsequently called the Celsius scale. Linnaeus used a thermometer calibrated with 0 as the freezing point and 100 as the boiling point ( Hortus Upsaliensis (1745) 16 Dec.).Prior to Celsius, a thermometric scale of 100 degrees had been proposed by P. Elvius ( Dissertatio physico-mechanica de thermometris (1710) vii. 35).extracted from Celsiusn.adj.< as lemmas |
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