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.
threshold noun (ENTRANCE). âº [C] the âpart of a âfloor at the âentrance to a âbuilding or âroom: Itâs âtraditional for a man to âcarry his âbride over the threshold. (Definition of threshold from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.