Fahrenheit is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °F.
By mid-morning, the temperature was already above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit is also a noun.
He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.
temperature
Fahrenheit in British English1
(ˈfærənˌhaɪt)
adjective
of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
Symbol: F
Fahrenheit in British English2
(German ˈfaːrənhait)
noun
Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name
Fahrenheit in American English
(ˈfɛrənˌhaɪt)
adjective
1.
designating or of a thermometer on which 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling point of water: abbrev. F: the formula for converting a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius is °C = 5⁄9(°F−32)
noun
2.
this thermometer or its scale
Word origin
after G. D. Fahrenheit (1686-1736), Ger physicist who devised the scale