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Fahrenheit|ˈfɑːrənhaɪt, ˈfærənaɪt|
The name of a Prussian physicist (1686–1736), inventor of the mercurial thermometer. Used attrib. and ellipt. to denote the thermometric scale introduced by him and still in common use in England and the U.S., according to which the freezing point of water is 32° and the boiling point 212°. Often abbreviated F; e.g. 20°F = ‘twenty degrees (of) Fahrenheit’.
1753Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 109 The mercury stood at 240 degrees in De L'Isle; which is 72 below 0 in Fahrenheit. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 65 Fire-heat at 212° of Fahrenheit produced detonation. |