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Definition of Fahrenheit scale
1. Noun. A temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees.
Medical Definition of Fahrenheit scale
1. A thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F; 0°F indicates the lowest temperature Fahrenheit could obtain by a mixture of ice and salt in 1724; °C = (5/9)(°F -32). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fahrenheit Scale
Literary usage of Fahrenheit scale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"... and the degrees are identical in magnitude with those on the Fahrenheit scale.
Temperatures referred to this new scale are called absolute temperatures ..."
2. Heat and Thermodynamics by Francis M. Hartmann (1911)
"Let it be desired to convert the temperature 6 on the centigrade scale to the
Fahrenheit scale. Since one degree centigrade equals 9/5 degree Fahrenheit, ..."
3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"The Fahrenheit scale was the invention of a German by that name, but it is worthy
of note that this scale is used principally by English speaking nations ..."
4. The Elements of Geography by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1912)
"On the Fahrenheit scale the temperature of boiling water (at sea-level under normal
... Between the freezing and the boiling point on the Fahrenheit scale, ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"In the Fahrenheit scale, the melting point of ice is marked 32° and the ...
It will be seen that 180° on the Fahrenheit scale covers the same range in ..."
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