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fahrenheit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Fahrenheit adj Relating to the temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.

Senses

fahrenheit is used for these senses in English:

  • Fahrenheit Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.