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The 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