[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

centigrade \cen"tigrade\, a. l. centum a hundred + gradus
   degree: cf. f. centigrade.
   consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
   divisions or equal parts. specifically: of or pertaining to
   the centigrade thermometer; as, 10deg centigrade or
   10deg c.. in measurements, abreviated c.
   1913 webster

   centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
      at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
      the distance between that and the point indicating the
      boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
      it is called also the celsius thermometer, from anders
      celsius, the originator of this scale. measurements are
      reported as deg c.
      1913 webster centigram
see also:
centigrade thermometer celsius thermometer 

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