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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

What is this temperature on the kelvin scale and on the Fahrenheit scale?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Celsius scale is 1.8 times larger than one degree on the Fahrenheit scale 180 / 100 = 9 / 5.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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 The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

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