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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Celsius
▪ I. Cel·sius BrE [ˈselsiəs] NAmE [ˈselsiəs] (also centi·grade) adjective (abbr.C)
of or using a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°
•It will be a mild night, around nine degrees Celsius.
•the Celsius Scale
See also: ↑centigrade
Word Origin:
[Celsius] mid 19th cent.: named after Anders Celsius, the Swedish astronomer who invented the temperature scale.
▪ II. Cel·sius noun uncountable
•temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit
Main entry: ↑Celsiusderived
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