Celsius

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Celsius is a temperature scale used worldwide in science and daily life, defined by 0° as the freezing point and 100° as the boiling point of water at standard atmospheric pressure.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Celsius canonical 5
Celsius temperature scale 2
Celsius (unit) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf temperature scale ⓘ
unit of measurement ⓘ
adoptedBy International System of Units ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Celsius scale ⓘ
linked to: Celsius

degree Celsius ⓘ
baseUnitInSI kelvin ⓘ
boilingPointOfWater 100 °C ⓘ
boilingPointOfWaterInKelvin 373.15 K ⓘ
category temperature unit ⓘ
conversionFromFahrenheit °C = (5/9)·(°F − 32) ⓘ
conversionToFahrenheit °F = (9/5)·°C + 32 ⓘ
conversionToKelvin K = °C + 273.15 ⓘ
currentDefinitionBasedOn kelvin definition via Boltzmann constant ⓘ
currentScaleOrientation 0 = freezing, 100 = boiling ⓘ
field chemistry ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
thermodynamics ⓘ
freezingPointOfWater 0 °C ⓘ
freezingPointOfWaterInKelvin 273.15 K ⓘ
hasDimension thermodynamic temperature ⓘ
historicalDefinitionBasedOn properties of water ⓘ
hundredPointDefinedBy boiling point of water at 1 atm ⓘ
introducedBy Anders Celsius ⓘ
introducedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
namedAfter Anders Celsius ⓘ
notOfficiallyUsedIn Belize for most everyday purposes ⓘ
Cayman Islands for most everyday purposes ⓘ
Palau for most everyday purposes ⓘ
United States for most everyday purposes ⓘ
offsetFromKelvin 273.15 ⓘ
originalScaleOrientation 0 = boiling, 100 = freezing ⓘ
relatedTo Fahrenheit ⓘ
Kelvin ⓘ
linked to: kelvin

Rankine ⓘ
scaleType interval scale ⓘ
standardizedBy BIPM ⓘ
ISO ⓘ
statusInSI derived unit ⓘ
symbol °C ⓘ
usedFor measuring temperature ⓘ
usedIn engineering ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
science ⓘ
weather reports ⓘ
usedOfficiallyIn most countries worldwide ⓘ
zeroPointDefinedBy freezing point of water at 1 atm ⓘ
zeroPointRelativeToKelvin 0 °C = 273.15 K ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anders Celsius → familyName → Celsius ⓘ
Anders Celsius → knownFor → Celsius temperature scale ⓘ
linked to: Celsius
Anders Celsius → namedAfter → Celsius (unit) ⓘ
linked to: Celsius
Fahrenheit → usedAlongside → Celsius ⓘ
Celsius → alsoKnownAs → Celsius scale ⓘ
linked to: Celsius
Magnus Celsius → familyName → Celsius ⓘ
zeroth law of thermodynamics → basisFor → Celsius temperature scale ⓘ
linked to: Celsius