Fahrenheit
pronunciation
How to pronounce Fahrenheit in British English:
UK [ˈfærənhaɪt]
How to pronounce Fahrenheit in American English:
US [ˈfærənhaɪt]
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- Noun:
- German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
Word Origin
- Fahrenheit
- Fahrenheit: [18] The ‘pre-metrication’ temperature scale takes its name from its inventor, the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736). Not only did he develop the idea of a scale in which ice melts at 32º and water boils at 212º, he also invented the mercury thermometer.
- Fahrenheit (adj.)
- temperature scale, 1753, named for Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), Prussian physicist who proposed the scale in 1714. The "zero" in it is arbitrary, based on the lowest temperature observed by him during the winter of 1709 in Danzig. An abstract surname meaning literally "experience."
Example
- 1. Plates and stars again form near 5 degrees fahrenheit .
- 2. What is 75 degrees fahrenheit in celsius ?
- 3. 252 Degrees fahrenheit to be exact .
- 4. Even the most heat-resistant fats will burn if you go over 350 fahrenheit .
- 5. Whatever you do , don 't go over 350 degrees fahrenheit , preferably below that .