fahrenheit

2 definitions found

fahrenheit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fahrenheit \Fah"ren*heit\prop. a. [G.]
     Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in
     the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to
     Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to
     celsius. -- n. The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The
  
     Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing
        point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its
        scale, and the boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure
        is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States
        and in England.
        [1913 Webster] faience

fahrenheit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Fahrenheit
      adj 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"
      n 1: German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and
           developed the scale of temperature that bears his name
           (1686-1736) [syn: Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
           ]