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CELSIUSUnit of temperature measurement that uses a scale based on 0degrees for the freezing point of water and 100degrees for the boiling point of water. Also called centigrade. (7)
SCOVILLEPharmacist who devised a scale based on the measurement of the pungency or spiciness of chillies (8)
DEGREEUnit of temperature measurement (6)
FAHROf a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
REAUMURTemperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0degrees and the boiling point is 80degrees, named after the French naturalist who introduced it in 1730 (7)
PERMAFRORTSoil that is at or below the freezing point of water continuously for two or more years (10)
RIMEThe white, opaque, granular deposit of ice crystals formed on objects that are at a temperature below the freezing point.
ZEROFreezing point of water, on the Celsius scale
KELVINSurname of the professor at the University of Glasgow who gave his name to a unit of temperature (6)
DIATONICOf a musical scale, based on an octave containing five whole tones and two separated semitones (8)
THIRTYTWOFreezing point of water in Fahrenheit (6-3)
INCHUnit of measurement that is one twelfth of a foot (4)
FAHRENHEITScale based on 212 and 32.
HELIUMWhich gas has the lowest boiling and freezing points of all the elements? (6)
EQUATORThe latitude of any point on which notional line is 0degrees? (7)
RATESUses a scale of 1 to 5 stars, say
EMERGEDRising unit of temperature - about a thousand - appeared (7)
WEIGHSUses a scale
DEGREESSteps; qualifications bestowed by universities; 360th parts of circles; or, units of temperature (7)
RATEUse a scale of 1 to 10, maybe