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FAHRENHEIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

Synonyms:

Fahrenheit; Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer

Example:

water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Fahrenheit scale (a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The Fahrenheit temperature scale is named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), who proposed it in 1724.

(Degree Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Between 1948–2000, mean annual temperatures in Yakutat increased by 1.38° Celsius (2.48° Fahrenheit).

(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)

They appear in several locations on Mars when temperatures are above minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius), and disappear at colder times.

(NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars, NASA)

The British thermal unit at 39 degrees Fahrenheit is based on the definition of the calorie value of water at its maximum density (4 degrees Celsius), and is equal to approximately 1.05967 kJ.

(British Thermal Unit 39 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

(British Thermal Unit International Table, NCI Thesaurus)

The British thermal unit at 60 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to approximately 1.05468 kJ.

(British Thermal Unit 60 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

The British thermal unit at 59 degrees Fahrenheit is based on the definition of the 15 degrees Celsius calorie (exactly 4.1855 joules) and is equal to approximately 1.054804 kJ.

(British Thermal Unit 59 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

But that's not the case with WASP-121b, which is orbiting so dangerously close to its star that its upper atmosphere reaches a blazing 4,600 degrees Fahrenheit.

(Hubble Uncovers a ‘Heavy Metal’ Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football, NASA)

One of those lines was the detection of tiny rock grains inferred to be the product of hydrothermal chemistry taking place at temperatures of at least 194 degrees Fahrenheit (90 degrees Celsius).

(Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon, NASA)

The white dwarf at the center of NGC 2440 is one of the hottest known, with a surface temperature of more than 360,000 degrees Fahrenheit (200,000 degrees Celsius).

(Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star, NASA)