Fahrenheit

//ˈfæɹənhaɪt// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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. not-comparable

    "Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer wordnet

Example

More examples

"Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit."

Etymology

From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Related phrases

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