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Fahrenheit

DEFINITIONS OF: Fahrenheit

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

“water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions”

n German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

Synonyms:
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
Example of:
physicist
a scientist trained in physics
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