Definitions for Fahrenheit
ˈfær ənˌhaɪtfahren·heit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheitadjective

   German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

2. Fahrenheit(ip)adjective

   of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer

   "water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Fahrenheitadjective

   Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.

2. Etymology: From the German scientist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.

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1. Fahrenheit

   The Fahrenheit scale () is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit. Several accounts of how he originally defined his scale exist, but the original paper suggests the lower defining point, 0 °F, was established as the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made from a mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride (a salt). The other limit established was his best estimate of the average human body temperature, originally set at 90 °F, then 96 °F (about 2.6 °F less than the modern value due to a later redefinition of the scale).For much of the 20th century, the Fahrenheit scale was defined by two fixed points with a 180 °F separation: the temperature at which pure water freezes was defined as 32 °F and the boiling point of water was defined to be 212 °F, both at sea level and under standard atmospheric pressure. It is now formally defined using the Kelvin scale and hence ultimately by the Boltzmann constant, the Planck constant, and the second (defined as a specific number of cycles of the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom.)It continues to be officially used in the United States (including its unincorporated territories), its freely associated states in the Western Pacific (Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands), the Cayman Islands, and the former American colony of Liberia. Fahrenheit is used alongside the Celsius scale in Antigua and Barbuda and other countries which use the same meteorological service, such as Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas, and Belize. A handful of British Overseas Territories, including the Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, and Bermuda, still use both scales. All other countries now use Celsius ("centigrade" until 1948), a scale formalized about 20 years after the Fahrenheit scale. The United Kingdom started to change from Fahrenheit to Celsius in 1962, and many people remain aware of Fahrenheit temperatures; degrees Fahrenheit are sometimes used in newspaper headlines to sensationalize heatwaves.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fahrenheitadjective

   conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale

2. Fahrenheitnoun

   the Fahrenheit termometer or scale

3. Etymology: [G.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fahrenheit

   fä′ren-hīt, or far′en-īt, n. the name applied to a thermometer, the freezing-point of which is marked at 32, and the boiling-point at 212 degrees (see Thermometer for the relations between the two scales). [Named from the inventor, Gabriel D. Fahrenheit (1686-1736).]

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1. Fahrenheit

   Inventor of an instrument which enables a person to ascertain whether the weather is warm or cold.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fahrenheit in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fahrenheit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Fahrenheit in a Sentence

1. Chadwick Boseman:

   Even if you're not outside in (90-degree Fahrenheit) weather in Atlanta in the humidity, you're still losing weight if you have it on in the air conditioning. It's that hot.

2. Kazimierz Albin:

   It was a starry night, around minus 8 or minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 or 17 Fahrenheit) outside, we took our clothes off and were halfway across the Sola River when I heard the siren... Ice floes surrounded us.

3. Gabrielle Judd:

   [The spores] thrive in the 'danger zone' of 40-140 degrees Fahrenheit (5 to 60 degrees Celsius).

4. Michael Read:

   Basically they were stuck in the car for the 55 hours in 30-degree (Celsius – about 86 Fahrenheit) heat, nobody knows what they went through.

5. Tom Gil:

   When temperatures reach 32 Celsius or 89.5 Fahrenheit -- all heavy military workouts, drills and combat simulations stop, the Israeli military learned The Israeli military the hard way -- losing soldiers to heat strokes in training.

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