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Fahrenheit definition

Fahr·en·heit (fer′ən hīt′)

adjective

designating or of a thermometer on which 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling point of water: abbrev. F: the formula for converting a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius is °C = (°F−32)

Etymology: after G. D. Fahrenheit (1686-1736), Ger physicist who devised the scale

noun

this thermometer or its scale

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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