They both measure the same thing (temperature!), but use different numbers: Boiling water (at normal pressure) measures 100Â° in Celsius, but 212Â° in Fahrenheit.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Manumission is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. Different approaches developed, each specific to the time and place of a society's slave system. The motivations of slave owners in manumitting slaves were complex and varied.
promÂ·iÂ·nent. adj. 1. Projecting outward or upward from a line or surface; protuberant: prominent eyebrows. 2.Immediately noticeable; conspicuous: a product with a prominent place in the store. See Synonyms at noticeable.romÂ·iÂ·nent. adj. 1. Projecting outward or upward from a line or surface; protuberant: prominent eyebrows. 2.