Definition of Degree Fahrenheit

1. Noun. A degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature.

Exact synonyms: F
Generic synonyms: Degree

Definition of Degree Fahrenheit

1. Noun. a degree on the Fahrenheit temperature scale ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degree Fahrenheit

degras
degrative
degravitating
degravitation
degrease
degreased
degreaser
degreasers
degreases
degreasing
degreasings
degree
degree-day
degree Celsius
degree Centigrade
degree Fahrenheit (current term)
degree Kelvin
degree Rankine
degree absolute
degree day
degree days
degree mill
degree of a polynomial
degree of a term
degree of freedom
degree of glory
degree of ionization
degree program
degreed
degreeless

Literary usage of Degree Fahrenheit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied by Adolphe Ganot (1893)
"... and thus I degree Centigrade is equal to !f of a degree Fahrenheit, and, conversely, I degree Fahrenheit is equal to jj of a degree Centigrade. ..."

2. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company, Steven C. Stultz, John B. Litto (1913)
"Unit Water Temperature Rise I B. tu 1 Pound 1 degree Fahrenheit 1 Calorie I Kilogram 1 Degree centigrade But 1 kilogram =2.2046 pounds and 1 degree ..."

3. Arithmetic of Pharmacy by Alviso Burdett Stevens (1913)
"One degree Re'aumur is equal to £ of a degree Fahrenheit, or, -f of a degree Centigrade. 5.—To CONVERT .FAHRENHEIT TO CENTIGRADE 1.—Example. ..."

4. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"Each degree Fahrenheit is divided into 5 parts, and each degree Centigrade into 9 parts, which are, intended to represent fractions of a degree ..."

5. A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction, and by Frederick Winslow Taylor, René Feret, William Barnard Fuller, Frank Pape McKibben, Spencer Baird Newberry, Sanford Eleazer Thompson (1909)
"... \M:r each degree Fahrenheit. He experimented with Portland cement concrete mixed in proportions 1:2:4 broken stone and 1:2:4 gravel. ..."

6. Natural Philosophy for General Readers and Young Persons by Adolphe Ganot, Edmund Atkinson (1872)
"The remainder in the example is thus 63, and as I degree Fahrenheit is equal to f of a degree Centigrade, 63 degrees are equal to 63 x | or 35 degrees ..."

7. Theory of Heat by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"Now KT is the mechanical equivalent of the heat required to raise one pound of air one degree Fahrenheit without any change of volume, ..."

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