degree Celsius

degree Celsius

English

Etymology

degree and Celsius

Noun

degree Celsius (plural degrees Celsius)

1. A metric unit of temperature, a derived unit of the International System of Units. Symbol: °C

Usage notes

• In technical contexts, the symbol should always include both the degree symbol ° and the C identifying the scale, as the symbol C alone is used for coulombs. In informal usage, where the meaning is clear, the degree symbol is sometimes omitted (in part because the degree symbol is generally not one of the keys on a keyboard).

Synonyms

unit of temperature separated from the scale

• degree centigrade
• degree kelvin
• degree Kelvin
• kelvin
• Kelvin

 

unit of temperature and the scale

• degree centigrade

 

Translations

unit of temperature

Chinese: Mandarin: 攝氏度／摄氏度 (zh) (shèshìdù) Czech: stupeň Celsia m Danish: grad Celsius c Dutch: graden celsius m pl Faroese: stig Celsius n Finnish: celsiusaste (fi) French: degré Celsius (fr) m German: Grad Celsius (de) m or n Greek: κλίμακα Κελσίου f (klímaka Kelsíou) Hungarian: Celsius-fok (hu) Icelandic: selsíusgráða f, celsíusgráða f Italian: grado Celsius m, grado centigrado m Latin: gradus Celsianus (New Latin) Macedonian: Це́лзиусов степен m (Célziusov stepen) Malay: darjah Celcius Polish: stopień Celsjusza m Portuguese: grau celsius m Romanian: grad Celsius (ro) n, grade Celsius n pl Russian: гра́дус Цельсия m (grádus Celʹsija) Slovak: stupeň Celzia m Spanish: grado Celsius m, grado centígrado m Swedish: grad Celsius c, Celsiusgrad c Ukrainian: градус Цельсія m (hradus Celʹsija) Vietnamese: độ Celsius, độ C

See also

• Celsius
• centigrade
• degree
• degree Fahrenheit
• kelvin
• Kelvin

 

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on the degree Celsius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia