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Meanings of Anders Celsius in English

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Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)

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Examples for "Celsius"
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The thermometer says minus 15 degrees Celsius, but it feels far lower.
Reuters
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Normal human body temperature is generally accepted to be 37 degrees Celsius.
Radio NZ
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Place in a pre-heated oven for six minutes at 170 degrees Celsius.
The Irish Times
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June, July and August averaged two degrees Celsius above normal almost everywhere.
The Irish Times
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Temperatures plunged as low as minus 21 Celsius this week in Bulgaria.
Reuters
Usage of Anders Celsius in English
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In Sweden, I only think of Anders Celsius.
The Irish Times
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Following a different path, in 1742 the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius proposed a decimal-friendly centigrade scale for temperature.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
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From the outset this numeric eccentricity bothered some people, and in 1742 Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, came up with a competing scale.
A short history of nearly everything
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Anders Celsius (1701 to 1744) was the Swedish astronomer known for inventing the Celsius temperature scale.
The Irish Times
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