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Definition of: Fahrenheit
(far′ən·hīt, Ger. fär′ən·hīt) adjective
1. Designating a temperature scale in which zero is the temperature of a mixture of equal weights of snow and common salt; the freezing point of water is 32° and the boiling point 212°, all under standard atmospheric pressure.
2. Noting a thermometer graduated to this scale. Abbr. F. or Fahr. See TEMPERATURE. [after Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, 1686–1736, German physicist]
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