fahrenheit scale of temperature
1Fahrenheit scale — (F) a temperature scale, obsolescent but still commonly used in the United States, in which the lowest temperature attainable by a freezing mixture of ice and salt is denoted as 0° and the normal temperature of the human body was originally… …
2Fahrenheit 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 …
3Fahrenheit temperature scale — scale based on 32° for the freezing point of water and 212° for the boiling point of water, the interval between the two being divided into 180 equal parts. The 18th century German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Fahrenheit, Daniel… …
4Fahrenheit temperature — temperature expressed on a scale in which the melting point of ice is assigned a temperature of 32° and the boiling point of water a temperature of 212°. For most medical purposes the Celsius (centigrade) scale has replaced the Fahrenheit scale.… …
5Fahrenheit temperature — temperature expressed on a scale in which the melting point of ice is assigned a temperature of 32° and the boiling point of water a temperature of 212°. For most medical purposes the Celsius (centigrade) scale has replaced the Fahrenheit scale.… …
6Fahrenheit — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°. ORIGIN named after the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686 1736) …
7Fahrenheit — For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). Thermometer with Fahrenheit and Celsius units Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the Dutch German Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).[ …
8Temperature — This article is about the thermodynamic property. For other uses, see Temperature (disambiguation). A map of global long term monthly average surface air temperatures i …
9temperature — /tem peuhr euh cheuhr, choor , preuh , peuhr cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal… …
10Fahrenheit — 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… …
