gabriel fahrenheit

Fahrenheit [(fair-uhn-heyet)]

A temperature scale, used primarily in the United States, in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point 212 degrees. Temperatures in this scale are denoted by °F or, in scientific usage, F alone. (Compare Celsius.)

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, Gabriel Daniel 1686-1736.   German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.