| 单词 | centigrade scale |
| 释义 | centigrade scale (once / 513884 pages) n WORD FAMILY centigrade scale USAGE EXAMPLESBut the zero of the Centigrade scale is not the absolute zero; it only marks the freezing-point of water. Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), Are the Planets Inhabited?(2011) Joule inferred from them that the mechanical equivalent of heat is probably about 772 foot-pounds, or, employing the centigrade scale, about 1390 foot-pounds. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) Thus 0° and 100° on the centigrade scale are respectively the freezing and the boiling points of water under normal pressure. McPherson, William, An Elementary Study of Chemistry(2010) n a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees Syn|Hyper Celsius scale, international scale temperature scale a system of measuring temperature |
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