Fahrenheit
Ga·bri·el Da·ni·el [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el], /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/, 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale (Fahrenheit scale ) in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. Symbol: F
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How to use Fahrenheit in a sentence
Instead, a balmy 70 degrees Fahrenheit forced them into cargo pants.
This Austrian ski resort is preparing for a snowless future | Denise Hruby | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostSome models can raise your bag rating by as much as 30 degrees Fahrenheit, while battery-powered pads and liners can keep you even cozier.
How to stay warm while sleeping in the frigid outdoors | Alisha McDarris | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere are three temperature settings, starting at 100 degrees Fahrenheit and going all the way up to 150 degrees.
Best hand warmers: Block the chill during your favorite winter activities | PopSci Commerce Team | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThose whose toes were below 90 degrees Fahrenheit in both cases were classified as cold-sensitive.
How Your Body Does (and Doesn't) Adapt to Cold | Alex Hutchinson | February 10, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe Salton Sea glitters in the distance, beckoning as the morning temperature approaches 106 degrees Fahrenheit.
Geothermal energy, the forgotten renewable, has finally arrived | Michael J. Coren | December 20, 2020 | Quartz
Detainees were hosed down while shackled naked, and placed in rooms with temperatures as low as 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
But Duncan went through screening Sept. 19 in Monrovia, Liberia, where he presented a temperature of 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
She came into the isolation center with a [temperature] of 40 degrees [104 Fahrenheit], and that was too high for a 6-year-old.
‘Her Survival Was a Miracle’: The 6-Year-Old Who Beat Ebola | Wade C.L. Williams | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is now about five p.m. and the temperature is one hundred and twenty-one degrees Fahrenheit.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe workers had to use oxygen tanks to combat the rancid smell of death in temperatures that topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
One day in April the thermometer suddenly rose to eighteen above the freezing-point of Fahrenheit.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneThe temperature of the water was 36° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, that of the air 38°, when the ice was nearest.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamFive little silver thermometers inside the glass doors indicated a temperature of 95° Fahrenheit.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersTo pasteurize milk we heat it to a temperature of not over 170 Fahrenheit for from ten minutes to half an hour.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterHere the fish, both males and females, remain until the temperature of the water falls to about 54 Fahrenheit.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
British Dictionary definitions for Fahrenheit (1 of 2)
/ (ˈfærənˌhaɪt) /
of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature: Symbol: F
British Dictionary definitions for Fahrenheit (2 of 2)
/ (German ˈfaːrənhait) /
Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name
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Scientific definitions for Fahrenheit (1 of 2)
[ făr′ən-hīt′ ]
Relating 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.
Scientific definitions for Fahrenheit (2 of 2)
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
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Cultural definitions for Fahrenheit (1 of 2)
[ (fair-uhn-heyet) ]
A 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.)
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