degrees centigrade
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An older term for Celsius.
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- Temperatures inside the burning building are estimated to have reached 600 degrees centigrade.
- Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
- The freezing point of water is zero degrees centigrade.
- A normal human body temperature is about 37 degrees centigrade.
- The weather report said it would be 20 degrees centigrade today.
- For the experiment, the chemical was cooled to minus ten degrees centigrade.
- The oven must be preheated to 200 degrees centigrade.
- At what temperature, in degrees centigrade, does this liquid solidify?
- Old scientific texts often use the term degrees centigrade instead of Celsius.
- The engine overheated when its temperature exceeded 120 degrees centigrade.