Fahrenheit scale

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Although our skies offered no flakes, droplets or tiny bits of ice, winter asserted itself here largely on the strength of its performance on the Fahrenheit scale.

From Washington Post

Steam has only to be cooled to the temperature of boiling water, while air must be cooled to 314 degrees below zero on the Fahrenheit scale.

From Project Gutenberg

On the Fahrenheit scale the points are respectively 32� and 212�; on the Centigrade scale they are 0� and 100�; and on the R�aumur they are 0� and 80�.

From Project Gutenberg

For the reason that to make what is called the Fahrenheit scale we should have freezing weather.

From Project Gutenberg

Water is the substance generally employed, the unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale.

From Project Gutenberg