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Fahrenheit
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adjective (a)
- of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer(adj.pert)Example:
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions.
source: wordnet30 - Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)(noun.person)source: wordnet30