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21Fahrenheit — I. /ˈfærənhaɪt / (say faruhnhuyt) noun Gabriel Daniel, 1686–1736, German physicist who devised the Fahrenheit scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers. II. /ˈfærənhaɪt / (say faruhnhuyt) adjective 1. denoting or relating to a… …
22Fahrenheit — Fah|ren|heit [ˈfærənhaıt] n [U] written abbreviation F [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686 1736), German scientist] a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32º and boils at 212º ▪ 72º Fahrenheit (=72 degrees on the… …
23Fahrenheit , (Gabriel) Daniel — (1686–1736) German physicist Possibly owing to a business failure, Fahrenheit emigrated to Amsterdam from his native Danzig (now Gdańsk in Poland) to become a glass blower and instrument maker. He specialized in the making of meteorological… …
24Fahrenheit — I. adjective Etymology: Daniel G. Fahrenheit Date: 1753 relating or conforming to a thermometric scale on which under standard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at …
25fahrenheit scale — On a Fahrenheit thermometer, under standard atmospheric pressure, boiling point of water is 21 2 degrees and freezing point is 32 degrees above zero …
26Fahrenheit — (Cap.) Temperature scale that sets freezing at 32 degrees and boiling at 212; named after the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply the Celsius temperature by 1.8 and add 32, or use… …
27Fahrenheit — Fahr·en·heit || færÉ™nhaɪt n. family name; Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German physicist who invented a system for measuring temperature by using a mercury filled thermometer; temperature scale adj. of temperature, of degrees… …
28Fahrenheit scale — noun a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees • Hypernyms: ↑temperature scale …
29Fahrenheit — a measure of temperature used in the U.S.A. and in older literature. Abbreviated as F. The conversion is ºF (ºC x 9/5) + 32 and ºC (ºF 32) x 5/9. Usually presented as ºF (or ºC) but strictly 3ºF is an actual temperature while 3Fº is a range of… …
307800° Fahrenheit — Studioalbum von Bon Jovi Veröffentlichung 20. April 1985 Label Mercury Records …
