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Celsius is a unit of :
  1. Temperature
  2. Heat
  3. Specific heat
  4. Latent heat

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Temperature
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Heat
C
Specific heat
D
Latent heat
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A thermometer is a device that we use to measure temperature of the given body. A rise in temperature of the body causes a change in property of the substance and we use this to measure temperature. The unit of measuring temperature is celsius,

The Centigrade (Celsius) Scale: This scale has lower fixed point as the melting point of ice and upper fixed point as boiling point of water and between the two points is divided into 100 equal parts.

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