12) Rankine scale. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A scale of absolute temperature using degrees the same size as those of the Fahrenheit scale, in which the freezing point of water is 491.69° and the boiling point...

13) Bradbury, Ray Douglas. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...fiction mingled with social commentary. His works include The Martian Chronicles (1950) and Fahrenheit 451 (1953)....

14) British thermal unit. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...A unit for measuring heat. One Btu raises the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. 1...

15) temperature. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...used specialized sense means fever, any temperature above normal (usually 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit in a human being), as in The doctor inquired whether you have a...

16) freezing point. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...as the melting point. (See phases of matter.) 1 Water freezes at thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Celsius. 2...

17) boiling point. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...as the condensation point. (See phases of matter.) 1 Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Celsius. 2...

18) melting point. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...temperature as freezing point. (See phases of matter.) 1 Ice melts at thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Celsius. 2...

19) specific heat. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...one degree Celsius, or to raise the temperature of one pound of a substance by one degree Fahrenheit. 1...

20) thermometer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...was marked. Over a century later appeared the three thermometers now most widely used-the Fahrenheit, the centigrade (Celsius), and the Reaumur (used to some extent...