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Fahrenheit

Fah′ren-heit

p
rop.
Adj.
[G.]
Conforming to the scale used by
Gabriel Daniel
Fahrenheit
in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit’s thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to
celsius
.
Noun.
The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale.
☞ 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 one atmosphere of pressure is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States and in England.

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Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit

English

Adjective

Fahrenheit (not comparable)

  1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.

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fahrenheit

Fahrenheit

English

Adjective

Fahrenheit (not comparable)

  1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.

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