Fahrenheit

[ far-uhn-hahyt; German fahr-uhn-hahyt ]

/ ˈfær ənˌhaɪt; German ˈfɑr ənˌhaɪt /

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noun

Ga·bri·el Da·ni·el

[German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el], /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/, 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.

adjective

noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale (Fahrenheit scale ) in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. Symbol: F

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Words nearby Fahrenheit

Fahd, Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz, fahlband, Fahnestock clip, Fahr., Fahrenheit, Fahrenheit scale, Fa-hsien, FAI, Faial, Faidherbe

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How to use Fahrenheit in a sentence

Instead, a balmy 70 degrees Fahrenheit forced them into cargo pants.
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Some models can raise your bag rating by as much as 30 degrees Fahrenheit, while battery-powered pads and liners can keep you even cozier.
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There are three temperature settings, starting at 100 degrees Fahrenheit and going all the way up to 150 degrees.
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Those whose toes were below 90 degrees Fahrenheit in both cases were classified as cold-sensitive.
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The Salton Sea glitters in the distance, beckoning as the morning temperature approaches 106 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Detainees were hosed down while shackled naked, and placed in rooms with temperatures as low as 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
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But Duncan went through screening Sept. 19 in Monrovia, Liberia, where he presented a temperature of 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
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She came into the isolation center with a [temperature] of 40 degrees [104 Fahrenheit], and that was too high for a 6-year-old.
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It is now about five p.m. and the temperature is one hundred and twenty-one degrees Fahrenheit.
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The workers had to use oxygen tanks to combat the rancid smell of death in temperatures that topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
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One day in April the thermometer suddenly rose to eighteen above the freezing-point of Fahrenheit.
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The temperature of the water was 36° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, that of the air 38°, when the ice was nearest.
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Five little silver thermometers inside the glass doors indicated a temperature of 95° Fahrenheit.
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To pasteurize milk we heat it to a temperature of not over 170 Fahrenheit for from ten minutes to half an hour.
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Here the fish, both males and females, remain until the temperature of the water falls to about 54 Fahrenheit.
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British Dictionary definitions for Fahrenheit (1 of 2)

Fahrenheit¹

/ (ˈfærənˌhaɪt) /

adjective

of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperatureSymbol: F

British Dictionary definitions for Fahrenheit (2 of 2)

Fahrenheit²

/ (German ˈfaːrənhait) /

noun

Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name

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Scientific definitions for Fahrenheit (1 of 2)

Fahrenheit

[ făr′ən-hīt′ ]

Relating to or based on a temperature scale that indicates the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point of water as 212° under standard atmospheric pressure.

Scientific definitions for Fahrenheit (2 of 2)

Fahrenheit

Gabriel Daniel 1686-1736

German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

Cultural definitions for Fahrenheit (1 of 2)

Fahrenheit

A temperature scale according to which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. The scale was devised by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, an instrument maker of the eighteenth century, born in Germany.

Cultural definitions for Fahrenheit (2 of 2)

Fahrenheit

[ (fair-uhn-heyet) ]

A temperature scale, used primarily in the United States, in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point 212 degrees. Temperatures in this scale are denoted by °F or, in scientific usage, F alone. (Compare Celsius.)