fahrenheit

Fahr·en·heit   (fār'ən-hīt')    adj.   Abbr. F Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point as 212° at one atmosphere of pressure. See Table at measurement. [After Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.]

Fahrenheit

A temperature scale according to which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. The scale was devised by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, an instrument maker of the eighteenth century, born in Germany.

Fahrenheit 

Main Entry: Fahr·en·heit
Pronunciation: 'far-&n-"hIt
Function: adjective
: relating or conforming to a thermometric scale on which understandard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at 32 degrees above zero, and the zero point approximates the temperatureproduced by mixing equal quantities by weight of snow and common salt —abbreviation F
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel (1686–1736), German physicist. Fahrenheitdevoted his career mostly to the making of precision scientific instruments. In 1709 he developed an alcohol thermometer, superseding it with a mercury thermometer in 1714. His most importantachievement was his development, from the work of Olaus Roemer, of the thermometric scale that bears his name.

Fahrenheit Fahr·en·heit (fār'ən-hīt')
adj.
Abbr. F
Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32°F and the boiling point as 212°F at one atmosphere of pressure.

Fahrenheit   (fār'ən-hīt')  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) Relating to or based on a temperature scale that indicates the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point of water as 212° under standard atmospheric pressure.