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- German · borrowed fromFahrenheit
- English todayFahrenheit
From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fahrenheit
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
German Fahrenheit