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Last Updated: May 01, 2025

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

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Fahrenheit temperature scale Rankine temperature scale Réaumur temperature scale Richter scale moment magnitude Beaufort scale absolute temperature scale grain size scale Douglas scale

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

Anders Celsius

Swedish astronomer

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