WordNet
n. a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees [syn: Celsius scale, international scale]
Usage examples of "centigrade scale".
In terms of absolute cold, it was nothing--a mere two degrees below zero on the centigrade scale.
The units in which the choice discrepancy is measured are arbitrary, just as the Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales of temperature are arbitrary, fust as the Centigrade scale finds it convenient to fix its zero point at the freezing point of water, we shall find it convenient to fix our zero at the point where the pull of sexual selection exactly balances the opposite pull of utilitarian selection.
Hugh noted with interest that the centigrade scale had survived two millennia-but no reason why not.