Degrees Celsius is a way of measuring how hot or cold something is. It is a scale that goes from 0 to 100. 0°C is the freezing point of water and 100°C is the boiling point of water.
The temperature outside is 20°C.
Noun: degree Celsius.
Adjective: Celsius.
Abbreviation: °C.
Symbol: °C.
The word "degrees Celsius" is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius, who developed the scale in 1742. The scale was originally called the centigrade scale, because it was divided into 100 degrees. However, in 1948, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) renamed the scale to the Celsius scale, in honor of Anders Celsius.
What do we measure using the scale degrees Celsius?
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