Celsius
(ˈsɛlsɪəs)
The name of a Swedish astronomer, Anders Celsius (1701-44), used to designate the centigrade type of thermometer and temperature-scale invented by him in 1742 (see centigrade a.).
| 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 497/2 Celsius's thermometer. 1850 Weale Dict. Terms Archit. 451/2 The Celsius, or Centigrade thermometer. 1863 E. Atkinson tr. Ganot's Physics §235 On the continent..this division [into 100 parts] is called the centigrade or Celsius scale. a 1928 in Gamble Story North Sea Air Station 410 My altitude was..about 5,800 metres, the temperature 28° Celsius. 1961 Times 23 Dec. 7/4 The Meteorological Office proposal to use the centigrade (Celsius) scale for temperature reports and forecasts to the public. |