Fahrenheit

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Fahrenheit /ˈfar(ə)nhʌɪt, ˈfɑː-/ (abbrev.: F)

▶adjective [postpos. when used with a numeral] of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°. ▶noun (also Fahrenheit scale) this scale of temperature.

– origin C18: named after the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.

'Fahrenheit' also found in these Oxford entries:

British thermal unit - F - Fahr.

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