centigrade

n a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade n a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds

conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0� Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.

a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade n

unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food n unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure