1. Of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
   "Most countries use the centigrade scale for weather reports"

1. Temperature measurement on the Celsius scale (where water freezes at zero degrees and boils at 100 degrees; unit divisions are equal to the kelvin, with zero kelvin being -273.15 C)
   - degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C, Celsius

Derived forms: centigrades

Type of: degree

Encyclopedia: Centigrade