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Adjective: Fahrenheit  'farun`hIt
  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"
Noun: Fahrenheit  'farun`hIt
  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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