a. [a. F. centigrade, f. L. centum + gradus step, degree.] Having a hundred degrees; usually applied to Celsius’s thermometer, in which the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 degrees. (Symbolized by C., as 40° C.)
1812. Edin. Rev., XX. 196. This thermometer is exactly the same with what has been since called in France the Centigrade.
1860. All Y. Round, No. 43. 391. A temperature of 120° … centigrade.
1878. Huxley, Physiogr., 151, note. The centigrade scale is now frequently used in scientific investigations in this country.
1881. Nature, XXIII. 476. The Centigrade Photometer, a new optical instrument for determining the intensity of any source of light.
