fahrenheit Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.
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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
WordNet
Fah"ren*heit adjective
Etymology
G.Definitions
Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. --n. The Fahrenheit termometer or scale. ✍ The Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at 212 degrees above. It is commonly used in the United States and in England.
