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fahrenheit
/ˈfɛɹənˌhaɪt/
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What does fahrenheit mean?
adjective
- Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɛɹənˌhaɪt/
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Edison had tested his tasimeter, and was satisfied that it would measure down to the millionth part of a degree Fahrenheit.
For a week the pup had a miserable time in winds ranging mostly about the seventies, with the temperature below zero Fahrenheit.
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Let the bitch in a fit be put into a bath, temperature 96° Fahrenheit, and covered with the water, her head excepted.
The weather is intensely cold -62 degrees Fahrenheit on the 10th, the day the remainder of our party rejoined us at this camp.