Adjective: Fahrenheit 'farun`hIt- Of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
"water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions"
Noun: Fahrenheit 'farun`hIt- 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 |