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Celsius

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See also: celsius and célsius

English

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Etymology

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Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (mound).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛlsiəs/, (Philippines, seldom US) /ˈsɛlʃəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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Celsius (not comparable)

  1. Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.
    Synonyms: (dated) centigrade, centesimal
    Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin, Réaumur

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Translations

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References

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  • "Celsius, Anders". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Swedish Celsius.

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Proper noun

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Celsius

  1. The letter C in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
  2. (very rare) a surname from Swedish

Declension

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Inflection of Celsius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Celsius Celsiukset
genitive Celsiuksen Celsiusten
Celsiuksien
partitive Celsiusta Celsiuksia
illative Celsiukseen Celsiuksiin
singular plural
nominative Celsius Celsiukset
accusative nom. Celsius Celsiukset
gen. Celsiuksen
genitive Celsiuksen Celsiusten
Celsiuksien
partitive Celsiusta Celsiuksia
inessive Celsiuksessa Celsiuksissa
elative Celsiuksesta Celsiuksista
illative Celsiukseen Celsiuksiin
adessive Celsiuksella Celsiuksilla
ablative Celsiukselta Celsiuksilta
allative Celsiukselle Celsiuksille
essive Celsiuksena Celsiuksina
translative Celsiukseksi Celsiuksiksi
abessive Celsiuksetta Celsiuksitta
instructive Celsiuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Celsius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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German

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Noun

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Celsius n (strong, genitive Celsius, plural Celsius)

  1. Celsius

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθelsjus/ [ˈθel.sjus]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselsjus/ [ˈsel.sjus]
  • Rhymes: -elsjus
  • Syllabification: Cel‧sius

Noun

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Celsius m (uncountable)

  1. Celsius
    Synonym: centígrado

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