Fahrenheit scale

noun

a scale of temperatures in which 32° represents the melting point of ice and 212° represents the boiling point of pure water under standard atmospheric pressure Compare Celsius scale

He invented the Fahrenheit scale (see Thermometer), and made several valuable discoveries in physics.

One must also take into account the fact that the melting point of ice on the Fahrenheit scale is marked 32.

Compute the temperature of absolute zero on the Fahrenheit scale.

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