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Article: Celsius temperature scale
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Celsius temperature scale ,
temperature
scale according to which the temperature difference between the reference temperatures of the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 degrees. The freezing point is taken as 0 degrees Celsius and the boiling point as 100 degrees Celsius. The Celsius scale is widely known as the centigrade scale because it is divided into 100 degrees. It is named for the Swedish astronomer Anders ...
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Dictionary definition: Curie temperature scale
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...Curie temperature scale temperature (also magnetic temperature) A scale for use close ... zero’), below the lower limit of the international temperature scale . It depends on the proportionality of the susceptibility of ...
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