>> Yes, but under /normal/ circumstances, it boils at 100°C, which is why
>> it's defined that way. :-P
>
> Not here at 4,000 feet - "normal" circumstances here have it boiling at a
> slightly lower temperature. :P

96.2°C, a piffling 3.8° lower.

> IOW, it all depends on how you define "normal".  (Hence my suggestion of
> reducing the atmospheric pressure, because here, lower pressure is
> 'normal').

This is why the /actual/ specification is far more complicated. But for 
any sane real-world purpose, you can more or less ignore such 
technicallities.

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