Celsius: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Celsius temperature scale • centigrade scale • centigrade • °C

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standard and absolute temperature scales

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Anders Celsius, detail from a drawing by an unknown artist, 18th century.

Anders Celsius

Swedish astronomer

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