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From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfæɹənhaɪt/, /ˈfɛəɹənhaɪt/, (uncommon) /ˈfɑːɹənhaɪt/
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Fahrenheit (not comparable)

  1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
    • 2017 December 21, Foster Klug, Kim Tong-hyung, Yong Jun Chang, “The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on February 18, 2024[2]:
      Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea.
    • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 142:
      For example, in the Fahrenheit scale 212°F is the boiling point of water.

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Etymology edit

Named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. The surname is poorly attested and of uncertain origin, but superficially composed of fahren (to go, travel) + the suffix -heit.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːʁənhaɪ̯t/
  • Hyphenation: Fah‧ren‧heit
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Fahrenheit n (strong, genitive Fahrenheit, no plural)

  1. (sciences) Fahrenheit

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