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Fahrenheit temperature scale — scale based on 32° for the freezing point of water and 212° for the boiling point of water, the interval between the two being divided into 180 equal parts. The 18th century German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Fahrenheit, Daniel… … Universalium
Fahrenheit — For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). Thermometer with Fahrenheit and Celsius units Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the Dutch German Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).[ … Wikipedia
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel — ▪ German physicist born May 24, 1686, Gdańsk, Pol. died Sept. 16, 1736, The Hague, Dutch Republic [now in The Netherlands] German physicist and maker of scientific instruments. He is best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709)… … Universalium
Fahrenheit — Fahr·en·heit || færÉ™nhaɪt n. family name; Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German physicist who invented a system for measuring temperature by using a mercury filled thermometer; temperature scale adj. of temperature, of degrees… … English contemporary dictionary
Fahrenheit,Gabriel Daniel — Fahr·en·heit (fărʹən hīt , fäʹrən ), Gabriel Daniel. 1686 1736. German born physicist who invented the mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale. * * * … Universalium
Fahrenheit, Daniel (Gabriel) — born May 24, 1686, Gdańsk, Pol. died Sept. 16, 1736, The Hague, Dutch Republic German physicist and instrument maker. He spent most of his life in the Netherlands, where he devoted himself to the study of physics and the manufacture of precision… … Universalium
Fahrenheit — Fah ren*heitprop. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fahrenheit thermometer — Fahrenheit Fah ren*heitprop. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fahrenheit (disambiguation) — Fahrenheit may refer to: *Gabriel Fahrenheit, a German physicist *Fahrenheit, the temperature scale *Fahrenheit (album), an album by Toto *Fahrenheit (comics), a comic book character *Fahrenheit (cologne), a cologne made by Christian Dior… … Wikipedia
Fahrenheit — [fer′ən hīt΄] adj. [after G. D. Fahrenheit (1686 1736), Ger physicist who devised the scale] designating or of a thermometer on which 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling point of water: abbrev. F: the formula for converting a… … English World dictionary
Fahrenheit — 1753, named for Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686 1736), Prussian physicist who proposed the scale in 1714. An abstract surname meaning lit. experience … Etymology dictionary
