A thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F; 0°F indicates the lowest temperature Fahrenheit could obtain by a mixture of ice and salt in 1724; °C = (5/9)(°F -32). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(F) a temperature scale with the freezing point of water at 32 degrees and the normal boiling point of water at 212 degrees. The abbreviation 100°F should be read “one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.”
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Type: Term Pronunciation: far′ĕn-hīt Definitions: 1. a thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and its boiling point is 212°F; 0°F indicates the lowest temperature Fahrenheit could obtain, by mixing ice and salt in 1724; °C = 59(°F − 32).
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Scale for measuring temperature. In this scale, water boils at 212° and freezes at 32°.
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n] - a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
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noun a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
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Temperature scale invented in 1714 by Gabriel Fahrenheit that was commonly used in English-speaking countries until the 1970s, after which the Celsius scale was generally adopted, in line with the rest of the world. In the Fahrenheit scale, intervals are measured in degrees (°F); °F = (°C × 9/5) + 32. Fahrenh...
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