Why do you think the Celsius temperature scale is sometime called the centigrade scale?

Answer 1

it used to be called that years ago cuz of the 100-base of the scale. 100 is boiling point etc.

Answer 2

Centigrade Scale

Answer 3

The Celsius temperature scale is still sometimes referred to as the "centigrade" scale. Centigrade means "consisting of or divided into 100 degrees." The Swedish Astronomer Andres Celsius (1701-1744) developed the centigrade scales for scientific purposes. It has 100 degrees between the freezing point (0°C) and boiling point (100°C) of pure water at sea-level air pressure. An international conference on weights and measures voted to name the centigrade scale after its inventor in 1948.

(Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as serve as unit increment to indicate a temperature interval (a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty). “Celsius” is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701 – 1744), who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death.)

Answer 4

In 1741 Anders Celsius, professor of astronomy at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, introduced a temperature scale with 0 the temperature at which water boiled and 100 the temperature at which water froze. Shortly after his death, the scale became known as the centigrade scale, but the fixed points were reversed, making 0 degrees the freezing point of water and 100 degrees its boiling point at atmospheric pressure.

In 1887 the International Commission on Weights and Measures adopted “as the standard thermometric scale for the international services of weights and measures the centigrade scale of the hydrogen thermometer, having as fixed points the temperature of melting ice (0°) and the vapor of distilled water boiling (100°) at standard atmospheric pressure, the hydrogen being taken at an initial manometric pressure of one meter of mercury.”

The Celsius scale is the centigrade scale with one change. Defined in 1954 at the 10th General Conference of Weights and Measures, temperature on the Celsius scale is the temperature on the Kelvin scale minus 273.15. This definition makes values on the Celsius and centigrade scale agree within less than 0.1 degree. For everyday purposes, the scales are identical. One reason for doing away with the word “centigrade,” was that it might be confused with one-hundredth of a grade, a unit of plane angle.

Answer 5

The metric or centigrade scale was developed by Mr. Celcius when metrics were first being prposed. He put it together to be 100 gradiations between freezing and boiling of water. Centigrade-100 gradiatiations

Answer 6

if you were familiar with your prefixes it would be an easy question. if you're gonna stay with science i recomend you commit them to memory.

centi - 100

the Celsius scale was set up so that the difference between freezing and boiling water was 100º.