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Fahrenheit
[far-uhn-hahyt, fahr-uhn-hahyt]
noun
Gabriel Daniel 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
adjective
noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale Fahrenheitscale in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. F
Fahrenheit
1/ ˈæəˌɪ /
adjective
F.of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
Fahrenheit
2/ ˈڲːəԳ /
noun
Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name
Fahrenheit
1Relating to or based on a temperature scale that indicates the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point of water as 212° under standard atmospheric pressure.
Fahrenheit
2German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
Fahrenheit
2A temperature scale, used primarily in the United States, in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point 212 degrees. Temperatures in this scale are denoted by °F or, in scientific usage, F alone. (Compare Celsius.)
Example Sentences
What began as a form of therapy transformed into the book “Fahrenheit-182,” which recounts his life, from a military kid to a punk-loving, skateboarding teenager to a rock star with millions of fans.
To achieve that clear stage, make sure your sugar reaches a temperature of about 300 to 310 degrees Fahrenheit.
The tiles had been fired once, a hundred years ago, in kilns that reached 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, Nonato said.
Potatoes grow best in cool weather, when soil temperatures are between 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.
Across the central and southern Sierra mountains, average temperatures over the last three months have ranged from 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 30-year average.
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