FAHRENHEIT

Fahrenheit

(adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer; “water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions”

Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit

(noun) German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Fah"ren*heit a. Etym: [G.]

Definition: Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.

– n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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