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Fahrenheit thermometer   /fˈɛrənhˌaɪt θərmˈɑmətər/   Listen
adjective
Fahrenheit  adj.  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. 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.






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... the temperatures on the Fahrenheit thermometer at top and bottom respectively, of the hill, and take the mean between them. Let B represent the mean altitude and b the mean temperature. Then 55000 X B - b/B b height of the hill in feet for the temperature of 55 degrees. ...
— Getting Gold • J. C. F. Johnson



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