Definition of Fahrenheit in English:
Fahrenheit
(also F)
adjective ˈfar(ə)nhʌɪtˈfɛrənˌhaɪt
postpositive when used with a numeral Of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° under standard conditions.
华氏温度计的；华氏的
the temperature was steady at 65° Fahrenheit
Example sentencesExamples
- The students exercised in cold water of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and warm water of 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius.
- Temperatures can vary from freezing to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, making daily duties difficult.
- The tests included temperatures as cold as minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit to simulate the conditions of open space.
- If you heat up water to 212 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on pressure and so forth, it boils.
noun ˈfar(ə)nhʌɪtˈfɛrənˌhaɪt
The Fahrenheit scale of temperature.
华氏温度计；华氏温标
Example sentencesExamples
- Likewise, we can measure temperatures on the Celsius or Fahrenheit scales.
- Looking out through a world in reverse, he wrote in grease pencil the Fahrenheit temperatures backwards for us on the other side of the glass.
- The original zero point of the Fahrenheit temperature scale was set at the lowest temperature that could be reached in a mixture of salt and ice.
- The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales are based on two fixed points, the Kelvin and Rankine scales are based on one.
- However, a sunny 95-degree Fahrenheit spike can slash months of savings in a single eight-hour day.
Origin
Mid 18th century: named after Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German physicist.
Definition of Fahrenheit in US English:
Fahrenheit
(also F)
adjectiveˈfɛrənˌhaɪtˈferənˌhīt
postpositive when used with a numeral Of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° under standard conditions.
华氏温度计的；华氏的
the temperature was steady at 65° Fahrenheit
Example sentencesExamples
- The tests included temperatures as cold as minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit to simulate the conditions of open space.
- Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius.
- Temperatures can vary from freezing to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, making daily duties difficult.
- The students exercised in cold water of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and warm water of 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
- If you heat up water to 212 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on pressure and so forth, it boils.
nounˈfɛrənˌhaɪtˈferənˌhīt
The Fahrenheit scale of temperature.
华氏温度计；华氏温标
Example sentencesExamples
- The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales are based on two fixed points, the Kelvin and Rankine scales are based on one.
- Looking out through a world in reverse, he wrote in grease pencil the Fahrenheit temperatures backwards for us on the other side of the glass.
- Likewise, we can measure temperatures on the Celsius or Fahrenheit scales.
- However, a sunny 95-degree Fahrenheit spike can slash months of savings in a single eight-hour day.
- The original zero point of the Fahrenheit temperature scale was set at the lowest temperature that could be reached in a mixture of salt and ice.
Origin
Mid 18th century: named after Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German physicist.