The Alps are a mountain range spanning several countries: Italy, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. The French Alps boast 24 peaks over 4,000 metres of altitude. The highest point is located in the Mont Blanc, France, with 4,810 metres. The word âAlpsâ means âworld of the heightsâ in an ancient celtic dialect, there is a strong religious meaning in this name. In other languages, âalpâ also means âelevatedâ.
Celsius (or degrees Celsius, or sometimes Centigrade), is a temperature scale. It is used to tell how hot or cold something is It is often written as Â°C Water freezes at 0Â°C and boils at 100Â°C. See: Fahrenheit. Conversion of Temperature-Celsius to Fahrenheit.
The symbol for centigram is cg. The base unit for a centigram is gram and the prefix is centi. The prefix centi is derived from the Latin centum meaning hundred and is symbolized as c in the Metric System. Centi denotes a factor of one hundredth (1/100th) which means that there are 100 centigrams in a gram. Select one of the centigram conversions below: