Fahrenheitadjective, noun [ U ]
uk/ˈfær.ən.haɪt/us/ˈfer.ən.haɪt/written abbreviation F(of) a measurement of temperature on a standard in which 32° is the temperature at which water freezes and 212° that at which it boils:
Shall I give you the temperature in Celsius or in Fahrenheit?
It was 80°F in the shade.
Data are recorded in degrees Fahrenheit.
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- Many older people still prefer to think of temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
- How do you convert 70 degrees Fahrenheit into Celsius?
- If the temperature drops to zero Celsius (or 32 degrees Fahrenheit) or below, there will be a frost tonight.
- Turn the mixture into a tin and bake for one hour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The Fahrenheit scale for measuring temperature was devised by a German scientist of that name.
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Measurements of temperature
- absolute zero
- C, c
- Celsius
- centigrade
- dewpoint
- F, f
- fifties
- forties
- K, k
- kelvin
- mark
- melting point
- nineties
- point
- seventies
- temperature
- thermo-
- thirties
- zero
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