celsius

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celsius - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Celsius \Cel"si*us\, n.
     The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders
     Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the
     same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.
     [1913 Webster]

celsius - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Celsius
      n 1: Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer
           (1701-1744) [syn: Celsius, Anders Celsius]