Fahrenheit

[ far-uhn-hahyt; German fahr-uhn-hahyt ]

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noun

Ga·bri·el Da·ni·el [gah, -b, r, ee-el , dah, -nee-el], 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.

adjective

noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale Fahrenheitscale in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. : F

Fahrenheit

/ ˈfærənˌhaɪt /

adjective

of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature F

Fahrenheit

/ ˈfaːrənhait /

noun

FahrenheitGabriel Daniel16861736MGermanSCIENCE: physicistTECHNOLOGY: inventor Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name

Fahrenheit

German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

Fahrenheit

/ făr′ən-hīt′ /

Relating to or based on a temperature scale that indicates the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point of water as 212° under standard atmospheric pressure.

Fahrenheit

A temperature scale according to which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. The scale was devised by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, an instrument maker of the eighteenth century, born in Germany .

Fahrenheit

A temperature scale, used primarily in the United States, in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point 212 degrees. Temperatures in this scale are denoted by °F or, in scientific usage, F alone. ( Compare Celsius .)

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Potatoes grow best in cool weather, when soil temperatures are between 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.

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Across the central and southern Sierra mountains, average temperatures over the last three months have ranged from 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 30-year average.

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A process called “periodic cooking,” in which the egg is cycled between 212-degree Fahrenheit water and 86-degree water every two minutes, for a total of 32 minutes.

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The distributor is no stranger to controversial or political topics, as it also released Michael Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9” about the first Trump presidency.

From Los Angeles Times

Predictably quirky, Lynch would stare at the camera, give the date, the temperature — in both Fahrenheit and Celsius — and then a general description of the weather.

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