'Celsius' definitions:

Definition of 'Celsius'

From: WordNet
noun
Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744) [syn: Celsius, Anders Celsius]

Definition of 'Celsius'

From: GCIDE
  • Celsius \Cel"si*us\, n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale. [1913 Webster]