| 单词 | degree of celsius |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdegree of Celsius 3. The Celsius scale of temperature. Chiefly in degree of Celsius (cf. Celsius degree n. at sense A. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [noun] > specific scales Fahrenheit thermometer1732 Fahrenheit scale1740 Fahrenheit1754 Réaumur scale1764 Celsius thermometer1781 Réaumur1785 Celsius1790 Celsius scale1790 R1806 Wedgwood1807 centigrade1812 absolute temperature scale1886 Kelvin scale1908 Rankine scale1931 Rankine temperature1938 1790 W. Nicholson First Princ. Chem. i. iii. 31 To reduce these scales to each other, it must be observed, that one degree of Fahrenheit's is equal to 4/ 9 of a degree of Reaumur, and to 5/ 9 of a degree of Celsius. 1859 U.S. Patent 24,556 1/2 It will be easy to regulate the heat in the cylinder to about 100 degrees of Celsius. 1878 Lancet 19 Jan. 101/1 In the cookery books of the future, however, we may hope to see milligrammes, cubic centimetres, and degrees of Celsius replace the less exact measurements to which cooks have become accustomed. 1915 Treat. Flour (Fleischmann Co.) (rev. ed.) i. 39 To transform Celsius into Reaumur multiply the degrees of Celsius by 4 and divide the product by 5. 1986 H. Huebert Hierschau App. 379 For comparison, each degree Reaumur equals..1.25..degrees of Celsius or Centigrade and 214 (2.25) degrees of Fahrenheit. 2008 J. N. Hatzopoulos Topographic Mapping v. 146 The measurement of temperature, for example, in degrees of Celsius is expressed as the numerical difference between the temperature of ice and the temperature of a measured body. < as lemmas |
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