On the widely used Celsius temperature scale, water freezes at 0 Â°C and boils at about 100 Â°C. One Celsius degree is an interval of 1 K, and zero degrees Celsius if 273.15 K. An interval of one Celsius degree corresponds to an interval of 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees on the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
verb (used with object) 1. to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media. Origin of bork.
1987, to discredit a candidate for some position by savaging his or her career and beliefs, from name of U.S. jurist Robert H. Bork (1927-2012), whose Supreme Court nomination in 1987 was rejected after an intense counter-campaign.