Fahrenheit

[ far-uhn-hahyt; German fahr-uhn-hahyt ]

noun

1. Ga·bri·el Da·ni·el [gah, -b, r, ee-el , dah, -nee-el], 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.

adjective

1. noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale Fahrenheitscale in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. : F

Fahrenheit

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/ ˈfærənˌhaɪt /

adjective

1. of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature F

Fahrenheit

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/ ˈfaːrənhait /

noun

1. FahrenheitGabriel Daniel16861736MGermanSCIENCE: physicistTECHNOLOGY: inventor Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name

Fahrenheit

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1. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

Fahrenheit

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/ făr′ən-hīt′ /

1. 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.

Fahrenheit

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1. A temperature scale according to which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. The scale was devised by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, an instrument maker of the eighteenth century, born in Germany .

Fahrenheit

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1. 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 .)

Example Sentences

And the milk is immediately shunted into a rapid chiller that drops the milk’s temperature from 100 degrees Fahrenheit to 35 degrees Fahrenheit in about two minutes, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Lucore and a team of researchers found that when monkeys experienced about two weeks of warmer temperatures -- 86 degrees Fahrenheit -- their generalized immune system performance declined.

From Science Daily

To attain significant conversion of reactants, the reaction must be conducted at temperatures greater than 650 degrees Celsius, or 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.

From Science Daily

Peaches need "peach chill" — a certain amount of time in temperatures that are under 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

From Salon

Even the supposed “crown jewel of the reefs” looked bleached because of temperatures upwards of 80 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

From Salon