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a temperature scale that flipped its own logic to fix being upside-down at birth.
means A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees at sea level, used across most of the world and in science.
from Named for the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius, who proposed a 100-point scale in the 18th century — though, oddly, his original version put 0 at boiling and 100 at freezing, and it was reversed after his death to the form we use now. For a long time the scale was simply called 'centigrade,' from Latin 'centum' (hundred) and 'gradus' (step or degree), literally a hundred steps; the name 'Celsius' was officially adopted in the mid-20th century to honor him.
- original scale
- Celsius first put 0 as boiling, 100 as freezing
- named after
- Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer who studied auroras
- absolute floor
- meets Kelvin at minus 273.15 degrees
- meets fahrenheit
- both scales read identical at minus 40
- former name
- called centigrade until 1948 made it official
anders celsius — swedish astronomer who created the temperature scale in 1742
celsius scale — temperature measurement system used in 195 countries, freezing point 0°c