Definitions for fahrenheitˈfær ənˌhaɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Fahr•en•heitˈfær ənˌhaɪt(n.)
Gabriel Daniel, 1686–1736, German physicist.
Category: Biography
(adj.)pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale (Fahr′enheit scale`) in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point.
Category: Physics
Ref: Symbol: F 2; See illus. at thermometer . art
Princeton's WordNet
Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit(adj)
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
Fahrenheit(ip)(adj)
of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
"water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
Fahrenheit(noun)ˈfær ənˌhaɪt
a scale for measuring temperature in which water freezes at 32 degrees
Wiktionary
Fahrenheit(Adjective)
Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 u00B0F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 u00B0F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 u00B0F equal to 0 u00B0C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
Origin: From the German scientist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.
Webster Dictionary
Fahrenheit(adj)
conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale
Fahrenheit(noun)
the Fahrenheit termometer or scale
Translations for fahrenheit
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
Fahrenheit(adjective)
(often abbreviated to F when written) as measured on a Fahrenheit thermometer
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50; F).
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