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Definition of Fahrenheit thermometer
1. Noun. A thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fahrenheit Thermometer
Literary usage of Fahrenheit thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"The fahrenheit thermometer is generally used in English-speaking countries, and
the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, in countries that use the metric ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"fahrenheit thermometer.—The fahrenheit thermometer is made by dividing the distance
on the scale between the freezing and boiling points into 180 equal ..."
3. A Text-book of Physics by Karl Eugen Guthe, William Hallock, Exum Percival Lewis, Arthur Willis Goodspeed, Albert Pruden Carman, Robert Kenning McClung (1909)
"Reduce the following readings on a fahrenheit thermometer to the corresponding
... At what temperatures does (a) the fahrenheit thermometer read twice, ..."
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