relative temperature scale

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A temperature scale in which measurements are amounts that are more or less than a reference amount. In the Celsius scale, for example, the reference amount is set as the freezing point of water, or zero. Other measurements are made relative to this point. Relative temperature scales have both positive and negative numbers. The Celsius scale and the Fahrenheit scale are relative temperature scales. Compare absolute temperature scale.

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How to use relative temperature scale in a sentence

The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.
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But relative to centuries past, America is a marvel of domestic tranquility.
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Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.
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So did Alexander Hamilton, and on a grander scale than your AmEx.
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Only two senators opposed the resolution, which the administration later claimed was the authority for a full-scale war.
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On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
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But I suppose, as he is my nearest relative, it is but natural he should be anxious about my health.
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Free discussion—never a very free thing in Russia—has now on any general scale become quite impossible.
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This had been quite genuine, for the Professor had been fond of his relative, who had always been very good to him.
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But consider what it will be when the system is adopted on a more comprehensive scale.
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