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Fahrenheit - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Fahrenheit : (noun)
1: German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and
developed the scale of temperature that bears his name
(1686-1736) [syn: Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel
Fahrenheit]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fahrenheit : \Fah"ren*heit\a. [G.]
Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in
the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to
Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. -- n. The Fahrenheit
termometer or scale.
Note: The Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the
freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero
of its scale, and the boiling point at 212 degrees
above. It is commonly used in the United States and in
England.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fahrenheit : Fahrenheit: Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F.
The Fahrenheit scale is still obstinately in use in the US. This anachronism requires conversion from Centigrade (°C) to Fahrenheit (°F), and vice versa.
One degree °C = (5/9)(°F - 32).
One degree °F = (9/5)(°C) _ 32.
Named for Gabriel Fahrenheit, a German-Dutch physicist, who devised the scale in 1724. 0°F was the lowest temperature that Fahrenheit could obtain using a mixture of ice and salt.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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