cels

/sɛlz/
noun
  1. Short for Celsius; a scale for measuring temperature where water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°.
    • Set the oven to 180 cels to bake the cookies.
    • The weather forecast says it will be 25 cels today, perfect for a picnic.
    • In science class, we measured the water temperature at 22 cels.
  2. Short for celluloid sheets used in traditional hand-drawn animation, each containing a single frame of the animation.
    • The animator painted each cel by hand to create the cartoon.
    • The museum displayed a gallery of vintage animation cels from the 1930s.
    • Collectors pay high prices for original cels from classic Disney movies.
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