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Fahrenheit

[ far-uhn-hahyt; German fahr-uhn-hahyt ]

noun

  1. Ga·bri·el Da·ni·el [gah, -b, r, ee-el , dah, -nee-el], 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.


adjective

  1. noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale 󲹳IJԳ𾱳s in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. : F

Fahrenheit

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/ ˈæəˌɪ /

adjective

  1. of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature F
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Fahrenheit

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/ ˈڲːəԳ󲹾 /

noun

  1. FahrenheitGabriel Daniel16861736MGermanSCIENCE: physicistTECHNOLOGY: inventor Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Fahrenheit

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  1. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

Fahrenheit

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/ ăə-ī′ /

  1. 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.

Fahrenheit

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  1. 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

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  1. 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 .)
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To achieve that clear stage, make sure your sugar reaches a temperature of about 300 to 310 degrees Fahrenheit.

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The tiles had been fired once, a hundred years ago, in kilns that reached 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, Nonato said.

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Potatoes grow best in cool weather, when soil temperatures are between 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.

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Across the central and southern Sierra mountains, average temperatures over the last three months have ranged from 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 30-year average.

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A process called “periodic cooking,” in which the egg is cycled between 212-degree Fahrenheit water and 86-degree water every two minutes, for a total of 32 minutes.

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