1. Of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
   "water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions"

1. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
   - Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit

Derived forms: Fahrenheits

See also: Fahrenheit scale

Type of: physicist

Encyclopedia: Fahrenheit

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