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Definition of Centigrade thermometer
1. Noun. A thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centigrade Thermometer
Literary usage of Centigrade thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The temperature of the water in which these eels were found, is 26°. of the
centigrade thermometer. M. de Hum- boldt believes that the feeble state of the ..."
2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"... FAHRENHEIT AND centigrade thermometer SCALES To convert Fahrenheit into
Centigrade: Subtract 32 from Fahrenheit, divide remainder by 9 and multiply by 5 ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Use both a Fahrenheit and a centigrade thermometer in this experiment. "
Freezing point of water is the melting point of ice." Explain that the heat used up ..."
4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"THE TRUE ZERO POINT OF THE centigrade thermometer. Dr. Craig, in a communication
to the American Chemist, calls attention to the fact that the true zero ..."
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