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.
Definition of sunrise for English Language Learners. : 1  the time when the sun appears above the horizon in the morning : dawn or daybreak. : 2  the colors that are in the sky when the sun slowly appears above the horizon.