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fahrenheit

UK/ˈfæɹənhaɪt/US/ˈfæɹənhaɪt/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,276 of 15,258neutral

Fahrenheit is the temperature scale where water freezes at thirty-two. Ninety degrees Fahrenheit, in Fahrenheit, convert to Fahrenheit.

The United States is almost alone in still using it daily. The two scales cross at minus forty, which is the same temperature in both. Body temperature is ninety-eight point six, which is a suspiciously precise conversion of thirty-seven.

Stilfehler · Public domain

Definitions of fahrenheit

  1. 1nounfahrenheitThe temperature scale where water freezes at thirty-two.B1+

    “The American recipe said to bake the bread at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.”

fahrenheit is a scale.

Where it comes from

  1. German

    Fahrenheit

  2. English

    Fahrenheit

  3. English, today

    fahrenheit

Fahrenheit comes from German Fahrenheit, named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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