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Fahrenheit scale

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noun

a scale of temperatures in which 32° represents the melting point of ice and 212° represents the boiling point of pure water under standard atmospheric pressure Compare Celsius scale

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Fahrenheit scale

Among U.N. member states, the U.S. is an outlier in sticking with the Fahrenheit scale.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025

The TV news reported temperatures as high as 45 °C. What was the temperature on the Fahrenheit scale?

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

On the Fahrenheit scale, the difference between the freezing and boiling points of water is 180 degrees.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The surface temperature of the Sun is about 5750 K. What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit scale?

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Thermomet′rically.—For the Centigrade and the Fahrenheit scale and their relations to each other, see Centigrade and Fahrenheit.

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