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Fahrenheit
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What's The Definition Of Fahrenheit?
[n] German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
[adj] of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure; "the Fahrenheit scale" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fahrenheit: f | Fahr | Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit Related Terms | Find terms related to Fahrenheit: See Also | physicist Fahrenheit In Webster's Dictionary \Fah"ren*heit\a. [G.]
Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in
the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to
Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. -- n. The Fahrenheit
termometer or scale.
Note: The Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the
freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero
of its scale, and the boiling point at 212 degrees
above. It is commonly used in the United States and in
England.
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