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Fahrenheit

//ˈfæɹənhaɪt// adj

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

Etymology

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

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