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Fahrenheit scale

British

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

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025

The equation is used to convert temperatures, C, on the Celsius scale to temperatures, F, on the Fahrenheit scale.

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

The F-intercept means that when the temperature is on the Celsius scale, it is on the Fahrenheit scale.

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

The F-intercept means that when the temperature is 0° on the Celsius scale, it is 32° on the Fahrenheit scale.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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