Look up: Fahrenheit

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   Fahrenheit
   A scale of temperature introduced in about 1709 by the German physicist, Fahrenheit, who was the first to use mercury as the thermometric substance. Primary fixed points were the temperatures of a mixture of common salt and ice and the temperature of the human body; with reference to these the freezing point of water was marked 32 degrees, and the boiling point of water was marked 212 degrees.
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   Fahrenheit
   [adj] - of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure 2. [n] - German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
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   Fahrenheit
   System of measuring temperature which is being replaced with Celsius. Its freezing point is 32Æ’ and boiling point 212Æ’.
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   Fahrenheit
   temperature scale Temperature scale with the ice point as 32 and the steam point as 212. Thus the temperature in Fahrenheit = 32 +1.8 x the temperature in Celsius.
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   Fahrenheit
   The temperature scale on which melting ice = 32° and boiling water = 212° The alternative is Celcius. A rough conversion is: °F - 32 / 1.8 = °C
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   Fahrenheit
   (°F) Fahrenheit temperature scale; Fahrenheit scale. Compare with Celsius. A temperature scale proposed by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) which uses the melting point of ice (32°F) and the boiling point of water at one atmosphere (212°F) as calibration points. More...
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   Fahrenheit
   A customary scale for measuring temperature
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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 F ...
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   Fahrenheit
   a temperature scale in which the melting point of ice is called 32 degree F and the boiling point of water 212 degree F at standard atmospheric pressure Category: Mechanical engineering
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    Fahrenheit
    Definition (keystage 2) Fahrenheit is a scale for measuring temperature. <br /> The freezing point of water is marked at 32 degrees Fahrenheit(32 ∘ F) and the boiling point <br />of water is marked at 212 degrees Fahrenheit(212 ∘ F).<br /> A Celsius (or Centigrade) thermometer is more widely used nowadays. One degree ...
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    Fahrenheit
    Fah'ren·heit adjective [ G.] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. -- noun The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale. » The Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boilin ...
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    Fahrenheit
    <unit> A measurement of temperature commonly used in the U.S.A. Normal body temperature is considered to be 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 37 degrees Celsius. Body temperature can vary 1/2 to 1 degree Fahrenheit above or below 98.6 f. And still be considered normal. Body temperature varies with many factors including level of activity. ... To conv ...
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    Fahrenheit
    Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit noun German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
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    Fahrenheit
    `Fahrenheit` is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), who proposed it in 1724. In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (written `32 ðF`), the boiling point is 212 degrees, placing the boiling and freezing points of water exactly 180 degrees apart. On the Celsius scale, the freezing and boiling points of water are exactly 100 degrees apart, thus the unit of this sc...
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    Fahrenheit
    • (a.) 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.
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    Fahrenheit
    Gabriel D., German-Dutch physicist, 1686–1736. See: Fahrenheit scale
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    Fahrenheit
    see degree Fahrenheit.
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