fahrenheit
fahrenheit Lexical Profile
• adjective
Of, relating to, or measured according to the Fahrenheit temperature scale, in which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees under standard atmospheric pressure.
"The recipe instructs you to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit before baking."
• noun
A temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point is 212 degrees at standard atmospheric pressure, used primarily in the United States.
"Most weather forecasts in the United States report daily temperatures in Fahrenheit rather than Celsius."
Word Origin & Etymology
Named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), the German-born physicist and glassblower who invented the mercury-in-glass thermometer and introduced this temperature scale in 1724.
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